City of Rocks and Silver City. Winter 1999 trip, Part 5.

Sunrise at Raul's place, Pinos Altos, New Mexico.
 

Jan. 24, 1999 - We all drove down to City of Rocks and bounded about the boulder-strewn terrain. Everything was well until Andy twisted his ankle slightly on loose gravel. At midday we bid Andy and Karen adieu and went back to Silver to rent a room at the Palace. We found a nice suite with two bedrooms and a TV room between the two.

Raul and I had settled down to a late afternoon’s surfing cable TV when we spied a listing for a baseball game on a Spanish station. We waited for the time to come and lo, were treated to a Puerto Rican league baseball game. We watched the game and tried to identify players who had made it to the big leagues. At a lark we thought what a great idea it would be go to over to the Copper Inn, the local Mexican bar, and catch the game there.

Raul and I along with a few other patrons watched the game while pounding back some pounders, 16 oz. bottles of Bud. We retired back to the hotel, surfed the tube a little more, and retired to a very restful sleep.

Next morning we treated ourselves to the hotel's continental breakfast, and not a bad one at that.