Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Van Horn to Fort Hancock...67 miles
After breakfast at Micky D's we hit the interstate and spent the day riding on or parallel to I-10. Riding on the interstate isn't that bad. You have a rumple strip between you and the trucks and your own 5 foot lane. It would be great except for the truck noise. Another problem is the steel belted tires on the trucks leave bits of steel wire on the road when they fly part which play hell with bike tires. Cal had a flat from steel wire in the first few miles.
We took a break in Sierra Blanca where it started to rain. We put on rain gear and took it off again in a few miles. The predicted rain never came and after the down hill it became kind of hot.
We had an easy day. Between the 10 mile down hill and a tailwind it was almost like a rest day.
We are in a motel that the Minute Man stay at when they are in this area. I really don't have a dog in this hunt but having met a few of the MM think they should spend their money on fixing teeth before going off on this task.
We took a break in Sierra Blanca where it started to rain. We put on rain gear and took it off again in a few miles. The predicted rain never came and after the down hill it became kind of hot.
We had an easy day. Between the 10 mile down hill and a tailwind it was almost like a rest day.
We are in a motel that the Minute Man stay at when they are in this area. I really don't have a dog in this hunt but having met a few of the MM think they should spend their money on fixing teeth before going off on this task.
