Start: Burro Mountain Homestead
Stop: 1.5-Walnut Creek Alternate (Silver City)
Today’s Miles: 18
Total CDT miles: 140
I tossed and turned all night, which was so very frustrating.. there was no real reason I couldn’t sleep, so, I’m assuming it was probably all the caffeine in the sodas I bought from the store Friday. Oh well. I’d drink another one right now if you handed me one.
We were up and out early to start our 18 mile road walk into Silver City. I definitely took advantage of the bathhouse before I left, though. Brushing your teeth with a mirror and running water is seriously underrated.
We left the Burro Mountain Homestead from a different gate than the one we entered through. We followed an old jeep trail of a road until we met a nicer, well maintained dirt road. 6 miles later, we were walking down highway 90. This would bring us straight to Silver City!
Walking along the highway isn’t the most ideal, but with it being a Sunday, there wasn’t much traffic. We both waved at all the passing vehicles, and judged all 9 people that didn’t wave back. Pebbles played his playlist out loud that his friends all contributed to, which was hilarious and all very random. We sang along, with him doing a full on performance at one point, laughed and walked. The wind was steady, so the heat never got oppressive either. We ate lunch on the side of the highway under a tree.
We made it to the outskirts of town by 1:15! I had to make a pit stop in a gas station bathroom before carrying on to our hotel in the historic downtown area. Once there, right at 2pm, we had to sit out front and wait about 25-30 minutes for the woman running the hotel to come downstairs to let us in. Once she did, we checked out our new room: a suite with 2 double beds and a separate living room. It was nice!
The Palace Hotel is a historic landmark and is decorated in old Victorian style. Not sure how accurate that is, but you get the idea: lots of wood, burgundy and gold fabrics, heavy drapes.. old world feel to it. It was perfect for us, too. We were able to sprawl out all of our stuff in the living room and make our plan for Walmart in the morning, and never feeling like we were too dirty to touch anything.
By 5:30, I was starving. We walked across the street to the Little Toad Creek Brewery. I ordered an espresso martini, only because the bartenders were having some sort of competition with their drinks this month, and then their version of a Ruben sandwich. New Mexico is known for their hatch green chiles, so, their Ruben has them incorporated in.. HOLY HELL it was to die for. I wish I could have eaten two! It also came with homemade chips, which I dipped in homemade ranch.. and I ended up getting a glass of red wine made in New Mexico, too. I enjoyed all of it!
Pebbles got cheese fries with some kind of meat-shredded beef maybe? That doesn’t sound right, but I don’t want to wake him to ask him.. either way-whatever that was-it was also delicious.
After we ate and paid, we walked to a gas station with an ATM for me to get some cash. The breakfast food truck I’m eyeing for in the morning only accepts cash, and I need to have some on me anyway.
Now, we’re back and both tucked in our super cozy beds. He’s out like a light when his head hits the pillow-I only seem to be that way at home these days, which is annoying. I used to be such a good sleeper anywhere. Now it’s more of struggle. Oh well. We have to be up by 7am to catch a bus to take us to Walmart. I better tuck in. Goodnight!
