14 April 2014 Coldspring to Kountze, TX 65 miles (Total Miles = 1,855) “Small problem!” I yell to Gina, as we’re riding along trying to negotiate the map, “I can’t see!”. This is because my eyes are filling with water, along with my glasses, mirror, jacket, booties, and probably my pannier too. The rain has …
13 April 2014 Navasota to Coldspring, TX 65 miles (Total Miles = 1,790) There’s nothing like the threat of afternoon thunderstorms to get us moving in the morning, and move we did. We actually saw Marlin more than once today – usually he’s just the blur that passes by when we’re an hour or less …
12 April 2014 La Grange to Navasota, TX 70 miles (Total Miles = 1,725) The bridge ahead of us has no shoulder and the traffic both behind and approaching us no doubt has no patience so we begin slowing along this fast moving highway, planning to stop and wait it out. But then the car …
11 April 2014 Austin to La Grange, TX 80 miles (Total Miles = 1,655) Today is my cooking rotation, which means no time for dinking on the bike. Not that there’s time for dinking anyway, given the 80 miles stretching out before us. But when on cooking duty, you really can’t be lagging too far …
10 April 2014 Austin, TX 0 miles (Total Miles = 1,575) There is no better way to characterize today than to call it a “Vashon Day.” This is what we termed those days when we were younger when we used to combine a little bit of activity with a lot of sitting around, shooting the …
09 April 2014 Johnson City to Austin, TX 50 miles (Total Miles = 1,575) “You know why they [our Moms] aren’t out here riding bikes across the country?” says Candy at today’s lunch stop. “Because they’re smart!” she finishes. We have determined while lunching at this fine gas station that Candy is the same age …
08 April 2014 Kerrville to Johnson City, TX 76 miles (Total Miles = 1,525) If that farmer had been behind the wheel of a Mercedes sedan instead of a Chevy pickup truck, I’d have sworn we were in Germany. The roads this morning are narrow and without stripes, a rarity so far on this trip …
07 April 2014 Lost Maples State Recreation Area to Kerrville, TX 53 miles (Total Miles = 1,449) It’s running down the road in front of us, bobbing a little awkwardly from side to side, gaining speed and distance before whoosh, it takes flight and I wonder if it will actually lift, much like a loaded …
06 April 2014 Montell to Lost Maples State Recreation Area, TX 46 miles (Total Miles = 1,396) It’s misting and we’ve stopped to don our rain gear but for probably the first time ever, we don’t care so much that it’s a little bit wet out because finally (finally!) there is no wind (no wind!) …
05 April 2014 Del Rio to Montell, TX 77 miles (Total Miles = 1,350) She’s running alongside us, tongue flapping in the breeze, eyes bright, tail up, clearly enjoying our company as we pedal out of Bracketville. Sadly, though, she is a resident of Bracketville – one that’s on the loose. Her name is Rya …