Sunday, May 25th

John and Ruth cooked breakfast for everyone this morning. Egg, ham, bacon, biscuits and gravy, orange juice and coffee. Thanks, it was delicious. And for lunch, we grilled burgers with beans, potato salad and deviled eggs. Two great meals. After lunch, we decided to go to the Kelly Ghost Town which was a few miles out of Magdalena. In 1870 miners discovered lead, zinc, silver, copper and even some gold.

In 1870 a post office was established and at it's peak, Kelly had 3000 residents. But like so many western towns, Kelly was plagued by indian attacks until Magdalena was established. A railroad was contructed from Socorro to Magdalena to carry ore down to smelters in Socorro. Today nothing is left but the ruins of the mine and a few foundations. After touring the Kelly Mine, Ricky and family said their good-byes and headed back home to Las Vegas. Tomorrow we start walking again. Stay tuned ....