We are currently in Silver City, New Mexico, where it is a chilly 15 degrees! We left San Diego on January 9 and spent our first night in Tucson. Arrived in Silver City the next day, and are staying in the KOA. It's a nice, quiet campground on the outskirts of the town. Yesterday we drove up to the Gila Cliff Dwellings and hiked a mile round trip up to the ruins. Fascinating history and beautiful surroundings. It's been COLD, in the 30's in the daytime and single digit temps at night. Our little trailer has been warm and cozy however! Today we visited the Silver City Museum and browsed shops and art galleries. New Mexico is very rustic and casual. The people are friendly; we have enjoyed our time here.
Birds I have seen so far include several species of hawks (hard to identify), flicker, wild turkey, Audubon's warbler, junco (dark-eyed and gray headed species), stellar jay, raven, bald eagle, turkey vulture, woodpecker, towhee, red-winged blackbird, coots, and most spectacularly, a great horned owl!!! I also saw a mule deer buck right outside our campground.
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| Gila Cliff Dwellings, New Mexico |
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| Hiking up to the Cliff Dwellings |
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| Trail up to Cliff Dwellings beautiful and chilly! |
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| Very interesting ruins.... |
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| Why did the (wild) turkey cross the road? Who knows! |
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| Silver City Museum |
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| Murals are popular |
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| Typical New Mexico architecture |
Originally we planned on driving over to Roswell, but we have decided that would involve too much driving so we are going to spend our time in central New Mexico, White Sands and maybe spend more time in Arizona on our way home. It's wonderful to have such flexibility and just do whatever we feel like doing! We are having a great time, despite the cold weather. Tomorrow we drive to Bosque del Apache, where we hope to see great numbers of Sandhill Cranes!
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