Lots of tight twisty stuff with fair surface and visibility. Not much traffic, either. The section of road west of Kingston is particularly fun. Leaving the national forest, we drop into more desert with fewer curves and more people. As we get close to Silver City, huge tailings piles from local open pit mining operations dot the landscape.
Silver City is busy and crowded.
After a false start, we head out of town on US 180. The first third of the road to Clifton is pretty boring, but once through Mule Creek, it gets interesting with lots of twisties. We hammer through this section and are soon at Clifton , ready for a break. It's hot and having covered almost 350 miles, everyone is ready for get off the bikes for a bit. Gas for the bikes and coffee for the riders.