Daily Miles: 89 Total Miles: 2421 Avg: 13.1 Max: 28.1 Time on the bike: 06:45:17 I got up before sunrise and was on the road by first light. The wind was supposed to be in my favor and I wanted to take advantage of it, after a disappointing and frustrating day yesterday. The farther I […]
Daily Miles: 55 Total Miles: 2333 Avg: 9.9 Max: 23.5 Time on the bike: 5:27:52 I’m not sure what to say about today other than that it was camplete bullshit. I slept really well and woke up refreshed. After getting my things together I walked outside to get my bike in the shed and to
Daily Miles: 75.5 Total Miles: 2140 Avg: 10.5 Max: 16.9 Time on the bike: 7:08:48 Today was another frustrating and unrewarding day of riding. For starters, it was about 35 degrees when I set out and the wind, which of course was a headwind, was blowing pretty fiercely. Not a good mental start. I pedaled
No miles on the bike. A few walking around town. Marfa is a quiet and unusual place. On one hand you have a big art scene, one you may find in a large city somewhere, and on the other hand, Marfa is mostly a small ranching town that has a border patrol office, a few
Daily Miles: 60 Total Miles: 2065 Avg: 11.3 Max: 26 Time on the bike: 05:17:30 Today will be a day to remember, to look back and say: I survived this day. This day with the wind advisory and the 40 mph wind gusts. This day with the dodging of tumbleweeds the size of Volkswagens. This
Daily Miles: 55 Total Miles: 2005 Avg: 10.3 Max: 18.8 Time on the Bike: 05:20:40 Last night was pretty terrible and I didn’t sleep well. The dog kept barking all night and people kept driving back and forth near my tent. I’m not sure where they were going because there is nothing in Sanderson. At
Daily Miles: 60 Total Miles: 1949 Avg: 12.1 Max: 30.7 Time on the bike: 04:57:07 “Wow, are you the biker?” this early 20-something, wide eyed, short blonde haired girl practically yelled at me as I walked through the visitors center at 8:00 AM to immediately use the restroom. “Yeah…that’s me.” Her eyes flared up wider.
Daily Miles: 46.5 Total Miles: 1838 Max: 20.6 Avg: 10.8 Time on the bike: 04:17:06 I woke up late today, 7:00 AM, because I wasn’t going very far. I needed to do some grocery shopping in Del Rio about 32 miles away, to stock up on food for the next several days, as the riding
Day 32 – Patriots won the Super Bowl! Time well spent in town watching the game. Day 33 Daily Miles: 70 Total Miles: 1720 The riding today was really good. I followed the Guadeloupe River for a while and started to climb into the mountains. I peaked at an elevation of around 2,500 feet today
Daily Miles: About 6 getting to my weekend accommodations I woke up in a clouded mist. Droplets of water from the wet trees above me dripped on the tent making it sound like rain. I laid in my warm sleeping bag for awhile just listening to the sporadic drops. I laid there for awhile just