Friday, October 15, 2010
Uvalde to Del Rio.....72 miles
Have I mentioned lately how much we hate Texas chip seal roads? Today's ride had plenty of climbs but they weren't steep but the chip seal was awful. It's hard to enjoy riding when your bounding all over a bunch of darn rocks these people call roads.
We met some east bound riders. There are some Special Forces guys doing a charity ride for their fallen comrades and we saw a couple of them around Bracketteville. Later we met a nice young lady who had enough gear for a small army who hauled all that stuff from San Diego. Her camera equipment had to weigh 15 pounds.
Jan and Lucky had three flats--two when their bikes were sitting in front of the bike shop-- and I had another broken spoke which we all blame on the rocks. We are thankful for the nice folks at the bike shop here in town who got us back on the road.
Stayed at a nice La Quinta where the wifi works in the rooms. Had dinner at an upscale Mexican restaurant with down scale food...give me the joints with great grub and low prices anytime. Well they did make a adequate martini.
We met some east bound riders. There are some Special Forces guys doing a charity ride for their fallen comrades and we saw a couple of them around Bracketteville. Later we met a nice young lady who had enough gear for a small army who hauled all that stuff from San Diego. Her camera equipment had to weigh 15 pounds.
Jan and Lucky had three flats--two when their bikes were sitting in front of the bike shop-- and I had another broken spoke which we all blame on the rocks. We are thankful for the nice folks at the bike shop here in town who got us back on the road.
Stayed at a nice La Quinta where the wifi works in the rooms. Had dinner at an upscale Mexican restaurant with down scale food...give me the joints with great grub and low prices anytime. Well they did make a adequate martini.
