We rode 81 challenging miles to Ingram, TX. I rode an additional 4 miles exploring Leakey, TX after my patronage of the Leakey mercantile. These small towns we went through, along with the brush landscape gave me the thought of western movie backdrops. We found ourselves in the hills of Texas, the training ground of infamous Lance Armstrong, I understand. We had the most challenging verticals of the trip yet! I compare it to doing the Blue ridge mountain parkway (which I only drove with my daughter Allie’s Jeep). I think the hills of today are the milestone of having the toughest biking behind us.
I also note that beginning with the town of Hunt, it was the first time I noticed residential homes with two stories and full size trees making the majority of the landscaping from the road; for one stretch we rode under a canopy of trees.
The plan for our next day is to reach Johnson City.
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