Journey Day 503 | CDT Day 166

Dave Reinker, an old friend who drove from Los Angeles to meet up for the holiday, fords the Gila River on Nov. 27, 1987.

11/27/87

Cold shower, but language barrier crossed. Dave and I finally get to the hot springs, but there's a family in the pool. We're fried, wandering. Drive to Silver City where I do laundry and leave my sunglasses. We check out Deming, too dead for the Angeleno. Los Cruces also proves too dead, but El Paso-Juarez too far, even for a guy who's already driven from L.A. for the holiday.

We cruise around the college, but nothing's happening. The Hacienda gets dashed for lack of margaritas. A cop follows us to El Patio, freaking out Dave. We eat in the Cantina, check out bad band, weird crowd. Back to room, I crash after a donut binge, after a day spent eating tortillas and cheese.