Silver City.

Here are a few interesting facts about Silver City, our home for the next two days.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_City,_New_Mexico

It's a sizeable place with a some interesting things to look at. Today we went to he Gila Cliff Dwellings of the Mogollon people's.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gila_Cliff_Dwellings_National_Monument

It reminded me of Barry, not the South Wales sea town but the troglodyte village in Southern France I visited as part of an exchange trip in 1977.

http://io9.com/5762847/an-underground-city-in-france-where-people-have-lived-for-thousands-of-years/

Silver City was also the home of "Billy The Kid".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_the_Kid

Who also rode withe the Jesse Evans Gang. Ohh ho, my relatives are at it again...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Evans_Gang

Some of the group have come down with a cold in the last few days, so it's been streaming eyes and sniffles all around. we're not saying who started it, but he may have been driving the van today.

Here are the obligatory pics.