April 2012
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Day 26 (4/10/12) - Camp Wood, TX to Kerrville, TX
Miles: 90
Cumulative miles: 1,481.5
Welcome to Texas Hill Country! Wow! The Three Sisters! So, I started on the road early as I really didn’t know what to really expect from these three hills. The first hill came almost immediately and didn’t seem that bad…ohhh, but wait. It wasn’t the end of the hill. That was pretty much the theme of today. Texas Hill Country is...
Day 25 (4/9/12) - Del Rio, TX to Camp Wood, TX
Miles: 81
Cumulative miles: 1,391.5
Leaving around 8:00, the ride started off fairly mellow. I was in some heavy Monday morning traffic as I left Del Rio. I slowly passed the Laughlin Air Force Base to watch some fighter jets take off. Today’s ride will take me gradually uphill the entire way to Camp Wood. Between Del Rio and Brackettville were some of the worst roads known to...
Day 24 (4/8/12) - Comstock, TX to Del Rio, TX
Miles: 30
Cumulative miles: 1,310.5
As a thunderstorm was going to be rumbling through the area and since I wanted to check out the bike shop in Del Rio, I decided to make it an easy day and book a motel in Del Rio. I left later in the morning since it was only a 30 mile ride. It turned out to be a nice, leisurely ride for once. No strong headwinds and mostly flat. The thunderstorm hammered...
Day 23 (4/7/12) - Sanderson, TX to Comstock, TX
Miles: 90
Cumulative miles: 1,280.5
Word of the day: Headwind
Started on the road just before 8:00. It was going to be a long, long day. Headwinds were expected. My neighbor in the motel was a touring cyclist as well and headed the same direction as me. He rides a recumbent bike, which is one of those sit-down bikes. He mentioned his map said we had about 4300 feet of climbing ahead of us. My...
Day 22 (4/6/12) - Marathon, TX to Sanderson, TX
Miles: 58
Cumulative miles: 1,190.5
Left Marathon for Sanderson sometime after 8:00. There were some slight headwinds that slowed me down a bit. Other than that, an uneventful ride into Sanderson, which ended with a rear flat tire…another slow leak. I pumped it up a couple of times just to get into town as I was so close. Apparently, Sanderson is the cactus capital of the world, but I...
Day 21 (4/5/12) - Fort Davis, TX to Marathon, TX
Miles: 56
Cumulative miles: 1,132.5
I spent a good portion of the morning patching up three bike tubes and one tire. After replacing the tube in my rear tire, I finally headed out just after 11:00. The motel owned an organic foods market next door, so I grabbed some stuff from there as well as a sandwich and hopped on the road again. The ride was short (only 56 miles) and somewhat uneventful,...
