Day 60: To Silver City, Nm
Thursday April 1, 2010, 41 miles (66 km) - Total so far: 2,630 miles (4,233 km)
Woke up this morning dreading the climb out of the Gila Wilderness Area. The climbing on the way out was much steeper than what we encountered on the way in. I had to use my granny gear for the first time on the trip, and it made it a pretty easy climb, slow and steady though. I think it took us almost 2 hours to cover the 14 miles to get back to the main road. I'd say an hour and a half for the first 7 miles of very steep grade, then the rest was more downhills. Once we got out of the Gila, we went straight into more climbing for another 15 or so miles. We crossed the Continental Divide again, and just as we saw the sign, we started to see snowflakes. This was also the time we started our descent into Silver City, and the snow turned to a light drizzle as we lost elevation. No pictures today, too much climbing to do. We're not sure what tomorrow will bring. If it's nice, we may end up in Arizona.