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Quemado

A bicycle ride across the Americas Posted on 2016-10-06 by mev2016-10-06

Crossed the continental divide and back in the Colorado River drainage.
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Datil is at 7300ft. First 11 miles were a gradual climb to 8095ft elevation, mostly following a drainage with scrub trees along the way. Photo above was as I crossed the high point.
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The Datil Mountains were now to my right. It was across some drainages and a net drop of a few hundred feet before I crossed the continental divide.
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A few miles later, I reached Pie Town. With a name like that, no excuse to at least stop and have some pie.
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I had a small “very berry” pie. Pie Town is also a crossing point to the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. While I didn’t see other cyclists, I did have a local give me directions to the “Toaster House” – a local cyclist-only lodging listed on the GDMBR maps.
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Here is the story of how Pie Town got its name. There were actually three cafes in town, though only one was open when I arrived.
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This is the one I ordered the pie above.
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The Pie-o-neer was opening later in the day.
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The cafe was the third place. All three seemed to advertise pies so I wasn’t the only one getting pies.
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After this another 22 miles with ~1000ft of net descent as I cycled through mostly open countryside. Light headwinds again as this seems to be a consistent weather pattern.
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Part way along was a settlement known as Omega. Buildings above had seen better days.

After this came into Quemado, “home of the Eagles” and otherwise a small main street.

Posted in New Mexico, USA | Tagged continental divide, pie, wind
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