Day 36 - March 29, 2010 - Coast to Coast

Another beautiful day. We left with temps in the 40's but quickly warmed to 75. We are still biking in the Texas hill country and the scenery is beautiful. We left Blanco state park which was a very nice park heading to Lockhart, TX. We are continuing to bike in rolling hills which we can handle well. The Texas wild flowers are blooming and we expect some nice displays as we head further east.

We went thru a neat quaint town called Wimberly. We would have stopped but felt we are running behind schedule and should continue a full day of biking. Carol tried stopping but had driven down a dead end road and was having trouble turning around and getting out. The local constable was less than helpful and gave her a very hard time as she tried to get the truck and trailer out.

We made it to Lockhart and checked in to another great state park. It was 61 miles of riding and we are both niticing the fatigue in our loegs. It's been 9 straight dayts without a break so we decided to put in a short day tomorrow to rest our bodies and catch up on some much needed chores (laundry, bill paying, etc.).

The roads were probably the most stressful we have had. They were narrow 2 lane ranch roads with no shoulders and heavy traffic. The drivers seemed very impatient. At one point, I glanced in the mirror and saw a big truck bearing down on us. With oncoming traffic, he couldn't move over and I couldn't go anywhere because the edge of the road had broken up. The truck managed to slow down and passed us after we crested the hill. Tough Day!!!