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- Only 18 miles yesterday out of Magdalena – the wind, up grade, and talking with folks kept the mileage down – This was a nice camp spot. Hwy 60 really quiets down at night.
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- Dave is driving a truck for a few more months. His plan is for him and his friend to start out on tandum recombant trike ride this summer. Great talking with him. Dave also has a trip on CrazyGuyonabike.com Called Trike trippen coast to coast really cool professional quality photos.
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- The Very Large Array(VLA)- radio telescopes out in New Mexico Looking for messages from outer space – way out there
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- Bert Carlsen – is on his way to White sands Missle range in New Mexico – To run in a 26 mile Marathon in honor of the WWII Battan Death March Memorial. Bert has run marathons in all 50 states and 9 countries. Meeting Bert was a real booster, as he says “Just put down the beer, get off the couch and go”.
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- It is a pleasant day with light wind – the grade is up and will be until the Contentail divide just before Pie Town
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- The restaruant at Datil, NM really nice old place – Talking with one of the locals she said the steer head had been here since at least 1959, when her Dad stopped here on a hunting trip when she was 12yrs old.
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- If your coming thru on Hwy 60 this is place had a nice Salad Bar and burger and I enjoyed both.
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- As we climb into the mountains the scenery starts to change for the more interesting, and so does my mood. The mountain high or oxygen deprivation sets in.
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- Pressing into the night to make some mileage – This rock sillouete caught my eye.
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- Camping tonight may be cool – finding he snow to not lay in is easier than missing the cactus.
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- Evening history lesson – out side of Datil – Remember now there was a railroad and very large cattle ranches and shipping out here back then.
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