Rita's Bicycling Blogs

5/19-6/10, 2016 WomanTours' "Atlantic Coast" (Northern Half) Alexandria, VA to Bar Harbor, ME *3/5-5/1, 2015 WomanTours' "Southern Tier" from San Diego, CA to St. Augustine, FL. *Aug 9-16, 2013, WomanTours' "Ride the Rockies" tour in the Colorado Rockies. *9/26/12 to 10/27/12 Pacific Coast Tour Canada to the Mexican Border *5/19 - 6/30 Northern Tier (Eastern half) 2011 WomanTours' from Fargo, ND to Bar Harbor, Maine. *3/5-4/30, 2010, Southern Tier, San Diego, CA to St. Augustine, FL

Saturday, March 28, 2015

3-28-15 Fort Davis to Marathon, TX 60 miles

The 60 miles went quickly today. It started out very cold...in the mid 30's. By the time we actually left at 8 am, it was in the low 40's. We rode downhill to the town of Fort Davis, and were suddenly hit with another 10 degrees warmer and sunshine! Fortunately, Suzy, our Sag for today, came along just as we needed to stow all our warm weather gear! The rest of the day ended up climbing to the 90's! Our only town before Marathon was Alpine, TX and many stopped for an early lunch.

Jude

Friday, March 27, 2015

3-27-15 Fort Davis Rest Day 0 miles

This rest day was needed after yesterday! Fort Davis is a National Park that has a motel and restaurant in it.

Thursday, March 26, 2015

3-26-15 Van Horn to Fort Davis 90 miles

With the tornadoes in Oklahoma, the winds blew down to Texas, creating a wind warning for truckers over night. We waited until morning to see if the wind warning was lifted, which it was. Winds went down to 25-30 mph so we took off. Unfortunately I am now the leader in the Flat Tire Derby...had another flat tire (rear) on the 40 miles of I-10.