TOTAL MILES BIKED: 1,190
From the Stoker: A perfect day for a bike ride. Sunny, cool (almost cold), morning but the sun warmed us up by noon. We biked 54 miles from Marathon to Sanderson, TX with a slight climb out of Marathon but a nice northwest breeze that made the day easy. Our miles are a little restricted by camping spots. The next camping spot is 61 miles from here and that is even dry camping.
We biked through mainly open ranch land on a two lane road (Hwy. 90) with a good shoulder and very little traffic. As we neared Sanderson, the land became rocky with cliffs rather than open land. We met 3 young men heading west from Florida to San Diego and camping along the way (poor guys, thank you Carol). We also met a father and son traveling west from FL and mote ling it more than camping. The father is 68 and hadn't been on a bike for years. They started the trip in January and plan to be done by May. They all envied us with our support vehicle and I can't blame them.
From the captain: We got stopped for the first time by a Texas Sheriff, no not for speeding! We were biking on a two lane road with a full shoulder and a white line designating the shoulder. He asked if we knew what the Texas law was? We of course told him we were from Mich. and didn't know the law. He told us that we were supposed to ride on the right side of the line and if we crossed it he would write us a ticket. Well Texas has more glass on their roads then we have ever seen in all of our travels. So I had to tell him that I was tired of changing flat tires and that I think they need to do something with their litter if they really expect us to ride on the shoulder. We couldn't wait to get out of that county so that I could go back to riding in the traffic lane and moving over when traffic approached.
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