Day 14

Day 14 Las Cruces to Fort Hancock

This day we rode 103 miles through headwinds and rain and did 1288 feet of bicycling elevation gain. We crossed into Texas. We stopped at the Trek store so that my cousin could get his new rim, and I got new gloves hoping that they would help with the pain in my hands from holding the handle bars. Because we were rolling in to Fort Hancock at night we decided to stay at the only motel in town. Across from the motel was Angie’s Restaurant. Now Angie and Lori we’re keeping the lights on for us making delicious Mexican dishes. Because of their limited choices of beverages at the end of the day, Angie let us walk next door to the Shell station to pick up our drinks to return and have our meal. Now normally Angie’s is open for breakfast at 0600, but she told she was feeling extra tired so that the restaurant would not open until 0630. Sunrise was not until seven, so we made it work for Day 15’s breakfast.