Coast-to-coast ride
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April 06, 2021
2021-04-04 Day 24
Mechanical Mishap, Rain, Wind Easter! We started out the morning with a 6:45am reading of John 20 1:18 and prayer requests and blessings on this important day. There are some wonderful, dedicated Christians on this trip. It is hard not to whine about today’s ride. It was an 87 mile ride, but I […]
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April 05, 2021
2021-04-03 Day 23
A beautiful start and shifting winds. The day started out cool, but not cold, and no wind for the first time in days. Of course, before each day all the riders check their phones and get weather reports and speculate about the weather for the next day. This serves three purposes – first, it […]
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April 05, 2021
2021-04-22 Day 22
Rest Day! We stayed in Marathon, Texas an extra day for a rest day. There was an excursion to Big Bend National Park, but I chose to stay back and just have a quiet day, as did several of the other riders. From my understanding, the owner of the RV park where we stayed […]
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April 05, 2021
2021-04-01 Day 21
WIND! Day 2! We thought yesterday was tough. Today was tougher. While we had some respite from the wind along the route yesterday, there was none of that today. And – we started out with a jolt. The owner of Timberline Adventures running the tour is Barb. This morning, she came out of […]
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April 05, 2021
2021-03-31 Day 20
WIND! A test of our collective riding commitment. For about 45 of the 73 miles we rode, we were facing 23-25mph head winds and cross winds. It was a pleasant start to the ride exiting Van Horn. We actually had a gentle tail wind and morning was chilly but beautiful. We even ran […]
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April 02, 2021
2021-03-30 Day 19
The road to nowhere. Today we are riding from Ft. Hancock to Van Horn, TX. This is a little longer ride – about 75 miles – with a fair amount of climbing. For some reason, when a ride is more than 70 miles, if feels long to me, even though we have done numerous […]
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April 02, 2021
2021-03-29 Day 18
Urban riding. Today we rode from El Paso to Fort Hancock, TX. This was rather fun because we had a complete change of scenery doing some urban riding instead of the past endless miles of desert. It was an average day in terms of mileage, 62 miles, but the first 22 miles were […]
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March 31, 2021
Gratitude
Gratitude. Today, riding on the long Texas roads, I found myself contemplating all that had to happen to allow me this experience/adventure of a Coast to Coast bike ride. I feel great gratitude for this opportunity. First, my wife of 37 years, Cathy. After 37 years, we have developed a routine. Working together, […]
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March 29, 2021
2021-03-28 Day 17
A good day, but a hard day. A long ride of 73 miles from Columbus, NM to El Paso, TX. It was very brisk when we started out at 7:30 in the morning. Somewhere in the mid- 30-degree range. I personally had on two pairs of biking shorts, two layers of cold gear shirts, […]
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March 29, 2021
2021-03-27 Day 16
Rest Day! Our rest day is in Columbus, NM today. It is a small state park with a lot of history. Specifically, it is the location of the first aero squadron in the United States as well as a location where Pancho Villa invaded the United States and killed some civilians and military personnel. A member […]
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