Two things you won't find in NM

The first one is water. There is a terrible drought on down here. In the Gilas (a week and a half or so ago in southern NM) that meant we had to go about 40 miles or more between water fill-ups, and we cut off the route in one spot where it looked like we would have to go about 60 without water.

Further on, north of Cuba, we ended up taking the highway because the entire forest, including the roads through it, was completely closed off because of the fire danger. The rangers say it is very unusual for land to be closed off like that this early in the season. But, I think we're out of the worst of it. Yesterday I actually had to push my bike over some six foot snowdrifts in the road (up at about 10,500 feet) and there were lots of little snowmelt streams. North of here the elevation is even higher, so I suspect that our water problems are over until Wyoming.

The second is internet. For one reason or another, I have not had a chance to get into any libraries. Our first big town fell on Memorial Day, so nothing was open. The next town (Abiquiu) fell on a Friday, and the library was closed there on Fridays. Today, the library was supposed to be open, but apparently both librarians called in sick. So, I'm at a tourist kiosk here that is supposed to have a 15 minute limit, waiting for the desk people to kick me off.

From here it doesn't get much better. Probably there will be no more posts for a week or so.