Meet at Starbucks IH-10 @ Redd Rd 8:00.  Depart 9:00 AM.

Las Cruces participants can join us at I-H 25 Scenic Overlook Mile Marker 27  just past the Border Patrol Checkpoint.  We should arrive there around 10:00.

Multiple routes and route lengths for the casual cruiser to the manic motorers, there is something for everyone!

This is an all day Rally to Hillsboro, NM, Silver City, NM, lunch break, then circling Lake Roberts back to Silver City, and then back to El Paso via Deming, NM on I-H 10

Suggested 1/2 Day and 3/4 Day routes are also provided for those who don’t want to spend the entire day. The ALL DAY trip (Platinum Route) should get us home by dark, or shortly after.

 

NOTE:

GAS is scarce in the Gila. Fill up before arrival at Starbucks.

Cell phone reception is not available in most of the Gila wilderness. Signal is lost before Hillsboro and regained near Silver City.

LUNCH : Bring picnic items to the park on US 180 in heart of Silver City or dine on your own and meet back at Rally Point # 4 (Wal-Mart.) KFC, Sonic and other fast food available nearby.

AGENDA:

Meet at  Starbucks, I-10 @ Redd Road  (Desert Dr. North)

 Depart PROMPTLY at 9:00 AM.

 

1/2 Day Silver Route – Approx. 4 hours round trip from EP:

From Starbucks take I-10 West, bear  right  to I-H 25 south of Las Cruces. Stay right on I-H 25 through Las Cruces to Border Patrol Check Point at I-H 25 Mile Marker (MM) 26. Beyond check point 1 mile stop at Scenic View Overlook.

RALLY POINT #1 — Scenic Overlook  I-H 25 MM 27. (No facilities)

Proceed North on I-H 25 to MM 63 NM HWY 152. Exit 59 turn right 1/4 mile to

RALLY POINT #2  MM 0 NM 152— Lake View RV Park & General Store. (Restroom, GAS, snacks) Approximate drive time from Starbucks  I hour 15 minutes.

Proceed west on NM HWY 152 to Hilsboro, NM MM 12.5 @ intersection of NM Hwy 27 to

RALLY POINT # 3  MM 12.5 NM 152 — in” downtown” Hillsboro at public park across from Black Range Museum. Public Rest rooms. NO GAS. Local dining and attractions for those returning to EP.

Those on the 1/2 day Silver Route can eat in Hillsboro and return to El Paso via NM 27 to Hatch & 1-25 or by back-tracking on Hwy 152 to I-H 25.

 

3/4 Day Gold Route: Approx. 6 hours round trip from EP: 

From Hillsboro continue west on NM 152 to Kingston, Emory Pass, past Mimbres, NM to Bayard, NM (approx. 40 miles/ 1+ hour drive.) Turn right (north) on US HWY 180 at MM 121. Proceed to

RALLY POINT # 4 — MM 115 US 180 at Silver City Wal-Mart on the right as you enter Silver City. Gas, KFC Restrooms.

We will then cruise through Silver City, eat where you want – picnic @ park on US 180 near Sonic- and meet back at Wal-Mart  Rally Point #4 at agreed time for the loop around Lake Roberts. Those on 3/4 day route can return to El Paso by back tracking to Hillsboro or continuing south on US 180 to Deming and then to El Paso via I-10.

 

ALL DAY PLATINUM ROUTE: Approx. 9 hours round trip from EP:

GET GAS IN SILVER CITY. After lunch, meet at Wal-Mart Rally Point # 4 MM 115 on US 180. Proceed south on US 180 to MM 121, turn left to NM 152, follow signs to NM Hwy 35 through Mimbres, NM to Lake Roberts General Store

RALLY POINT # 5 — MM 22  NM Hwy 35. Lower Lake Roberts Camp Ground — Public Restrooms, NO GAS. Proceed past Lake Roberts to MM 27 Jct HWY 15 at Breathe Inn (Closed). Turn left (west) on NM Hwy 15 towards Silver City to

RALLY POINT #6 — at Overlook MM 27 NM Hwy 15. NO Restrooms. NO Gas. Proceed west on NM Hwy 15 to 32nd St Bypass in Silver City then to US 180. Turn left on US 180 to 

RALLY POINT #7 — MM 115  US 180 – Wal-Mart  for final contact before heading home. Take US 180 south to  Deming, NM then Left on I-H 10 to El Paso. (Drive time Silver City- El Paso, approx. 2.5 hours.)

NOTE: This 2 hour drive on Hwy 35 around Lake Roberts and Hwy 15 back to Silver City is the most spectacular scenery on the trip. It will be the most Mini Cooper challenging and fun. An 18 mile stretch on HW 15 has no center stripe and is almost all switch-back curving, hilly road. This is the GRADUATE COURSE for MINI lovers.

For more details:  Kenktx@aol.com or contact Ken Kenyon 915 490-6672  (cell) or Vince Diaz 915 929-3042  and let us know if you will be attending or not, and which route you intend to follow : Silver, Gold or Platinum.  This should be the best El Paso Mini Rally yet. Make plans to attend and enjoy.