After arriving at my hotel in Deming, I ventured out to discover something about this small town that might be worth writing home about. Turns out that in 1881 Deming was the location for laying of the Silver Spike connecting the country’s second transcontinental railroad. Too bad that the woman at the visitor’s center was ironically visitor un-friendly and that the old steam locomotive they have on display was hidden behind very non-photogenic chicken wire fencing. Still, a reason to visit Deming.
