Day 31 - Silver City, NM - Rest Day

Rest day in Silver City, NM today and boy did my legs enjoy it! I attempted to sleep in but I still woke up at 5:30am and just laid there and stared at the ceiling. I made it to 6:45am or so before I grabbed my phone to see what is going on in the world.

I got up and made my bed, and got dressed for the day. Word reached our cabin that breakfast would be at 9am so I took care of a few things and picked up my book and settled in for a bit. I headed to the RV at 8:45am or so and could smell the bacon and sausage cooking. Mona took care of us this morning! Pancakes, eggs, sausage and bacon! I cleared everything on my plate and some. After breakfast we cleaned up and headed into downtown historic Silver City. There wasn't a lot going on at 10:15am on a Tuesday morning in Silver City. We did find us a bike shop that had a few things we were needing. Cool shop, we spoke to guys a while and talked about the route we were taking tomorrow and they gave us the layout and what to expect. One thing they all said is it is a pretty ride. After we stocked up on a few things we walked the street ducking into different shops. I picked up a few used books at a few shops. We talked a lot of store owners, sharing stories. We walked down one side and up the other. When we almost came full circle we spotted a tattoo shop. Mona wanted to go get a tattoo, I told her I would go with her! So we headed in the shop to get tattoo's. The owner/artist was a very interesting characters. He moved at a turtles pace and looked to be 70+ years old. Mona flipped through the books and was trying to find something. At this point I was thinking in my head that I was not letting this guy tattoo me. So I said, "you know I am going to wait to we get to San Diego." We walked out and of the shop. Mona accused me of chickening out. I thought a little harder and I have always wanted to add to my tattoo on my arm so I told here I would go in there if she really wanted to and let him add to my existing tat. We decided we would all head to lunch and figure something out for Mona to get.

We walked down to Nancy's Silver Cafe and pulled some tables together in the little cafe. We all order and sat back and waited for our food. Then much to Mona's delight 11 wildland fire fighters walked in to the cafe. I stopped one of them because I saw the logo on his shirt and they were all from Flagstaff. So we chatted for a brief moment. At this point Mona had totally forgot about getting a tattoo and was a little preoccupied.

After we ate Mona and I decided that the old man would take to long and we all wanted to get some R&R this afternoon instead of sitting in a chair. We did the next best thing which is went to Walmart! It has been a long time since I stepped into a Walmart. I needed to get a new pair of ear buds and new body wash. We grabbed a few other things and headed back to the camp. The rest of the day has been pretty low key.

Tomorrow!!! We ride out of Silver City and head to the AZ border!!! Waiting for us at the border will be 3 more riders that we ride with us from the border into Phoenix on Friday. We have been waiting for a long time for this day. We look forward to hugging there necks and riding side by side into Phoenix.

Almost there!!! 3 days into Phoenix, 2 rest days there, then off to San Diego! We still have 700 miles to go, so the work is not over, but looking at the big picture, we are almost there!!!

Thank you again to all of you that have supported us and continue to do so!