We spent the night in Silver City – a delightful town with a population of about 10,000, founded in 1870. There is a 55 foot ditch running through the center of town, the result of a flood in 1895 that washed out Main Street; the businesses fronting Main began using the
rear doors as their front doors, and business continued. Today, the ditch is enjoyed as a walking path.
The next day we headed, more or less, toward Tucson. Doug had found another dirt road 😉 At about 20 miles, this one was shorter than the one running west from Patagonia, AZ. A couple of pictures will show why these detours are so much fun. Once we were back on asphalt, we made good time and got into Tucson about dark.