Separ Road!!!!
Written by admin on June 25, 2008 – 10:19 pm -We left Hachita on day 3, still without phone service or internet to contact the outside world. Larry and I road the next 20 some miles to Interstate 10, where we spent the night. We did a recon on the next day’s ride (Separ Road) and decided that we would take it in 3 jumps to get to Silver City, NM. The first day wasn’t bad for the first 11 miles, and we were waiting for Kahty to catch up with us with the water for the horses. We did find 2 watering holes along the way, but water is still an issue with riding this route. We spent the night in the trees in a creek bottom. This was the first night spent out on the trail. It was a good learning experience, since in about 3 days, we will be spending about 4 nights camping before we meet Kathy and Larry, again. We left the next morning with a cloudy overcast. It was the best riding weather we’ve had. It was cool (85 degrees), but not with the sun burning down on you. We went about 17 miles and ended on Hwy 80, going into Silver City to spend the night. We’ll go about 17 miles into Silver City, tomorrow. The newspaper has been alerted and wants to meet us as we go into the Walmart parking lot for our next night’s stay. The local police have been notified and will act as our escort as we go through town. We’ll see how it works. Well…….more from Kathy, later.
p.s. Separ Road seemed like a 100 mile stretch. I don’t see how any rider can do it without water support.
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June 26th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
I was wondering when the view would get better. Did you gtet my forward from Don Karns?
Sorry I missed your call to my cell phone. I don’t use it only when we go someplace.
Gwen is progressing real good says the nurse. We go to the doc at Springfield in the morn.
Hope you had a good day.—-DAD—