Day 15

Day 15 Fort Hancock to Plateau

We rode 96 miles with 2881 feet in bicycle elevation gain.

Today we ran into a lot of wind too. This is the day my front tire punctured while riding about 15 mph; I have run flat tires, as I had these installed at cyclemania before flying to San Diego. When the puncture occurred there was a pop, hiss, and a spray vapor that shot from my front tire; I just kept rolling and the tire stayed pressurized. A little further down the road we ran into a flood zone across the road in the middle of nowhere; we crossed by foot getting very muddy. It was only by cousin Duffy’s courage and our can do attitude that formed, by not wanting to back track 20 miles, we forged through the mud😊. Note that cousin Duffy tows a trailer.

One of the things have not made note of are the character of the towns we pass through. I will

comment on Van Horn later. Some of the towns we went through had more abandoned or closed up buildings than not. We decided we needed to stop when daylight was running out at the only convenience store/gas station/ truck stop/ restaurant in the town; they let us and a bunch of truckers camp out in the back. On Day 16 sunrise is at 7:53. Our goal will be to ride to Alpine through fort Davis.