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Post Office - Mimbres
3084 Highway 35 N
Mimbres, NM
88049-9800
Phone: (575) 536-9810
Business Hours
MO 08:00-02:30PM 03:00-04:30PM
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Post Office - Pie Town
17 Frontage RD
Pie Town, NM
87827-9998
Phone: (575) 772-2638
Business Hours
MO 08:00-12:00PM 12:30-04:30PM
TU 08:00-12:00PM 12:30-04:30PM
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Post Office - El Rito
1134 State Road 554
El Rito, NM
87530-9998
Phone: (575) 581-4482
Business Hours
MO 08:30-12:30PM 01:30-05:30PM
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Post Office - Del Norte
590 Columbia AVE
Del Norte, CO
81132-2200
Phone: (719) 657-3155
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Post Office - Kremmling
701 Park ST
Kremmling, CO
80459-9997
Phone: (970) 724-3771
Business Hours
MO 08:30-05:00PM
TU 08:30-05:00PM
WE 08:30-05:00PM
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Post Office - Rawlins
106 5th ST
Rawlins, WY
82301-9998
Phone: (307) 324-3521
Business Hours
MO 07:30-05:30PM
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WE 07:30-05:30PM
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Post Office - Pinedale
413 Pine ST
Pinedale, WY
82941-9050
Phone: (307) 367-2650
Business Hours
MO 08:45-04:45PM
TU 08:45-04:45PM
WE 08:45-04:45PM
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Post Office - Moran
1 Central ST
Moran, WY
83013-9901
Phone: (307) 543-2527
Business Hours
MO 08:30-01:00PM 01:30-04:30PM
TU 08:30-01:00PM 01:30-04:30PM
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Post Office - Macks Inn
4110 S Big Springs RD
Macks Inn, ID
83433-9998
Phone: (208) 558-7070 Toll-free: (800) ASK-USPS
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MO 09:00-05:00PM
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Post Office - Polaris
96 Billings Creek RD
Polaris, MT
59746-9705
Phone: (406) 834-3505 Toll-free: (800) ASK-USPS
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MO 09:30-11:30AM 03:00-04:00PM
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Post Office - Butte
701 Dewey Blvd
Butte, MT
59701-9998
Phone: (406) 494-2107
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MO 08:30-05:30PM
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Post Office - Lincoln
237 Main ST
Lincoln, MT
59639-9702
Phone: (406) 362-4523 Toll-free: (800) ASK-USPS
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Post Office - Whitefish
424 Baker AVE
Whitefish, MT
59937-9998
Phone: (406) 862-2151
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Post Office - Eureka
155 14th ST
Eureka, MT
59917-9701
Phone:(406) 297-2132
Business Hours
MO 08:30-05:00PM
TU 08:30-05:00PM
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Post Office Drop Boxes
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2 comments:
Bob,
I'm surprised you have a drop in Whitefish AND Eureka. You know they are only 100 miles apart and the services in those cities are amazing.
I personally wouldn't bother with either one... nevermind both.
-Monty
Kevin,
Thanks for the info. Sorry I missed your input before I left, and before you started the Tour Divide. Personal current information is always the most reliable. In any case, I wish you the best and a safe ride.
The original reason for frequent P.O. drops was to lighten the load. The resupply in Eureka was to carry me through to Banff. I would guess that I am at least 30 years older than yourself and remarkably slower on the uphills. I also figured it would take me at least 4 or 5 days to get from Eureka to Banff. Even at 1 to 1.5 lbs of food per day that is at least 5 to about 8 pounds. For me that makes a heck of a difference on the uphills.
ACA has done a fabulous job with the maps and keeping the services info current, but it is a rapidly moving target. Unfortunately, there are some errors.
For example, when you come off Mangas Pass (about 30 miles south of Pie Town)and drop down to NM 12, as you enter the Plains of Agustin in New Mexico, on the newest map they have a gas station/grocery store listed there. There is nothing there. There never has been and it will be another hundred years before anything is there. Apparently, they got some inaccurate information from someone.
Unfortunately, if you are depending on a refuel stop you have to make it all the way to Mimbres or Silver City from Pie Town. Actually, for resupplying you have to make it all the way from Grants.
I both crave and dread resuppling. By the time I got to Abiqui, NM I had run out of food and tp. I was also low on butane, but without food who cares? Pinon pine needles and cacti don't exactly make the best tp - too narrow and rather pointy! There weren't too many smooth rocks either!!
On the other hand, I will say that the ants near Abiqui (up towards "Pulverizer" Mesa) were the most mellow of any I have ever met. Although they were all over me and the gear, I did not get bit even once.
Also, be warned that what were once Forest Service roads in New Mexico near the Colorado border are now either running creeks or washed out gullies.
You can't even get in there on a dirt motorcycle. I saw tracks where someone had tried, and they were obviously a hell of a good rider to get as far as they got before they turned around.
It is still winter on the passes in Colorado. Three of the five major passes remain officially closed. In northern New Mexico I pushed through several miles of snow banks, snow fields, muddy, rutted washed out roads, and over downed trees. That by itself would have been sufficient challenge, but the winds for two days averaged 30-40 mph with guests to 60-70 mph.
On Brazos Ridge the wind pushed me up a 5% rocky grade at 5 mph for about a 100 feet. That was fun.
However, when the direction of the road changed so that I had a crosswind, it actually picked me, my bike and loaded trailer up and tossed me about 10 feet off the road like a rag doll. My derailleur was twisted into my spokes, but I did not get hurt - no brain, no pain.
I had the parts, tools, and experience to rebuild the bike and wheels on the spot, but with those conditions survival mode prevailed. I had to keep slogging along to stay warm.
I gently twisted the derailleur hanger away from the spokes to get a safe middle gear. However, the snow fields got bigger and the snow banks got taller and longer. In between were wet, muddy marshes. For a while there was no way to tell where the road was located, so I carefully worked my way toward the edge of Brazos Ridge where the snow had been blown over the steep side of the mountain.
The wind never let up, and every now and then a freightening blast of cold air would almost rip the bike and trailer out of my hands.
Somewhere in the a marshy section I lost the tracks of two bikes that had crossed Brazos Ridge the day before. Supposidely others had others had also crossed about 4 days earlier, but strangely there were no tracks.
Fortunately, I had saved enough battery power to run my GPS with the GDMBR track on it. In that way I eventually found the place to turn down off the ridge. The so-called "0.5 mile unrideable rocky" section looked darn good. It was the best piece of real estate I had seen in several hours.
Anyway, I don't cut corners. I could have hunkered down and survived even if had gotten injuried. I have been caught in blizards, and nasty conditions. At the same time I admire and respect your ability to ride great distances in difficult conditions quickly.
However, both by choice and by necessity my trip is very different. I choose to carry the extra weight in case something goes wrong; even though that slows me down.
I love photograhing the plants and the wildlife. I took about 1200 pictures in New Mexico. I would never make anyone else suffer through them all, but hopefully I got a couple dozen shots that may be of interest to others.
I stop and talk to people as opportunities present. However, it is pretty rare to meet anyone for days at a time. Thank God for the wind, because my b.o. would probably drive them away very quickly.
I hope I will be able to track your progress in the Tour Divide, because unless something miraculous happens I will probably not be able to leap frog Colorado or do a flip-flop from Banff this year. I was hoping to meet a few racer in person on the route.
With that said, it would be nice to complete another section of the GDMBR this year. However, with my work schedule, it looks like it is going to take me at least two or three summers to complete the whole route. I am perfectly okay with that.
P.S. I am really glad to be done with the New Mexico section. To save precious battery power I ended up only running the GPS when I needed specific information, so I did not record my track or other data. It was also excellent for finding "springs" in New Mexico.
P.S.S. The sandy section south of El Malpais (south of Grants, NM) all the way to Pie Town is now packed hard and as good as asphalt. Most people drive it pretty conservatively, but there is at least one asshole in a white pickup (as usual) who runs it at about 60 mph. Be prepared to give way quickly. Enough said. Good Luck!
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