Today the temperature was 72 degrees quite a bit cooler, muggy, overcast, gravelly road and a head wind. The road side was covered in lovely yellow flowers. A long the way Maria had a blow out of her tube and it took 4 tubes and 3 C02 cartridges and our sag car to get us up and running again. We have gone through a lot of tubes for only 4 flats. It took 4 hours to go 21 miles and that includes the time spent trying to replace the tubes. Eventually we turn up in to hill country and the wind changes and the scenery becomes breath taking and alive with deer and other sights. We cross the Nueces River and into Campwood a really old town. There were two old cowboys sitting across from us at dinner with holsters and cell phones in them.
4 comments:
My my my Texas is big! But you two will conquer it. Have a Lone Star or Shiner for me.
Hey, Dee
Could you give us a more explicit link to your full route at www.bikely.com? I tried searching for your route but had no luck. You're close to parts of Texas where Jill and I did several bike tours and I wanted to see if your travels are crossing old familiar roads. We spent one night in Boerne, close to where you are at this point. Don't ya just love all the FM (farm to market) and RM (ranch to market) roads in Texas?
Dee, You guys are AWESOME! Carol told me your blog address, and I've been reading along with you. So jealous of the wonderful adventure you are having! We're thinking of you - the Oceanside Bike Committee misses you.
Good luck on the road, and keep posting so we can keep track of you.
Tailwinds!
Kathy
Greetings from Zion National Park (Utah), Dee and Maria. We've folowing your journey every day even while traveling. Texas sure is BIG.
Michelle and I were hiking today and talked about how important Joe is to your safe and relatvely comfortable journey. We can't imagine doing the adventure without him.
Big tail winds for tomorow.
Dan
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