Sunday, March 30, 2008 - Silver City NM
< previous day | archives | next day >
Dawn along Mule Creek Road, Guthrie AZ, March 30, 2008
Today I spent the day camped along Mule Creek Road and washed the rig before setting off late in the day on my journey toward Rockhound State Park southeast of Deming NM to meet friends.
Night camp
Wal-Mart Parking Lot in Silver City NM
Wal-Mart Supercenter in Silver City NM
Wal-Mart Supercenter Store #1357, 2501 Hwy 180 East, Silver City, NM 88061 - (575) 538-2222
- Good level parking [update - NO OVERNIGHT CAMPING sign at entrance]
- Verizon cell phone service- Very good
- Verizon EVDO Broadband service - Very good
- Find other Wal-Marts in the area
- Check the weather here
It's No Use Arguing Tastes with a Cow
By what appears, furthermore, to be the compensating justice of Nature, the treasures of the earth are always hidden in the most unattractive, dismal, and dreary spots. At least all the mining places I ever visited are so located, and Bisbee is no exception. To get away from the cramped little village and its unsavoury restaurant, I established my first camp four miles south of it on a commodious and pleasant opening, where we could do our own cooking. But here a new annoyance, and rather a curious one, was met with. The cattle of the region evinced a peculiar predilection for our wearing apparel. Especially at night, the cows would come wandering in among our tents, like the party who goes about seeking what he may devour, and on getting hold of some such choice morsel as a sock, shirt, or blanket, Mrs. Bossie would chew and chew, “gradually,” to quote Mark Twain, “taking it in, all the while opening and closing her eyes in a kind of religious ecstasy, as if she had never tasted anything quite as good as an overcoat before in her life.” It is no use arguing about tastes, not even with a cow.