Sunday, 24 March 2013

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 home of Gavin and Stacey) 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. Oh ho.

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

Here are the obligatory pics.
















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