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Today was an interesting day, with a little bit of added incentive, since tomorrow has been designated as a “layover” (rest) day. We broke camp around 7:30, and due to an extremely rocky road out of camp, were forced to walk our bikes about a half mile to get to the road to begin theContinue reading “April 3, 2023: Warda to Navasota (Hidalgo Camp) – 64 miles and 2,160 feet of elevation”

The past two days were certainly eventful. Yesterday, we cycled from Blanco to Lockhart, (approximately 63 miles) and today, from Lockhart to Warda, which is located just about 15 miles from LaGrange. Yesterday was special, thanks to a planned visit from Debby, Josh, Jessica, Marcus, Benjamin and Annalyn. The ride from Blanco to Lockhart wasContinue reading “April 2, 2023: Lockhart to Warda. 75 miles and 4,200 feet of elevation”

Today was a challenging yet interesting day. The route out of Kerrville following the Guadalupe River was very scenic, and soon we emptied out onto a lot of farm and ranch land outside the city. We cycled 2 lane roads for the majority of the day, through very rural countryside. We went over hill andContinue reading “March 31, 2023: Kerrville to Blanco – 61 miles and 2,460 feet of elevation”

Today was a challenging yet fascinating day. We left camp around 7:30 in a cold and wet drizzle, and experienced consistent light rain, fog, and breezy winds for nearly all of the day. The spray from the tires saturated us from head to toe, and distributed grit, grime, and dirt from helmet to shoes toContinue reading “March 30, 2023: Concan to Kerrville. 73 miles and 2,400 feet of elevation”

Not a lot to report today, since this was an assigned “layover day” in Concan. Slept in until around 6:00am, and then headed to breakfast and joined the group for a quick van ride back into Uvalde, traveling the last 35 miles we rode yesterday “in reverse”. Well, not really in reverse, since the vanContinue reading “March 29, 2023: Layover Day in Concan, TX”

Today was tough. We started out at 7:30am in a pretty consistent rain and 25 MPH head and cross winds. A few interesting points along the way, however. We passed through a border patrol checkpoint, and had to stand in line while officers and a K-9 inspected and sniffed each vehicle. I felt sure thatContinue reading “March 28, 2023: Bracketville to Concan, TX. 74 miles and 2,255 feet of elevation”

Well, they told me there would be days like this. Today was rough, not necessarily because of the early morning showers (our first of the trip), but the difficult trek out of Del Rio into Bracketville. The name of the game today was simply to survive the 74 miles, and regroup and hope and prayContinue reading “March 27, 2023: Comstock to Bracketville, TX. 74 miles and 1,754 feet of elevation”

Today started with breakfast served in the parish hall by a group of bleary eyed teens who had just finished celebrating their senior prom. Despite a few shirts on backwards or inside out, as well as a few who appeared to have been “over-served”, it was somewhat difficult to tell these kids had only aContinue reading “March 26, 2023: Sanderson to Comstock, TX. Seminole Canyon State Park: 81 miles.”

Today’s ride was a quick and easy one, thanks to a very prolonged descent from Marathon to Sanderson. We left at 8:00am, and by 12:15, entered the town of 650 people. The downhill was a big help, and worked in conjunction with a fairly cooperative tailwind to make the pedaling relatively easy. While we areContinue reading “March 25, 2023: Marathon to Sanderson, TX. 56 miles”

Hello from Marathon, TX! My apologies for not writing yesterday, but the evening grew late and some wind and rain storms forced us to “batten down the hatches“ and hold on for dear life in our nylon tents. Yesterday, (Thursday) we cycled from Marfa to Marathon, by way of Alpine. We had a delayed startContinue reading “March 24 – 25, 2023: Marfa – Alpine – Marathon, TX. 57 miles and 1,140 feet of elevation”