Category Archives: USA Tours

Day 10. 69 mi. 6:13 AIS, 2253 elev. 12.8 mph (woohoo!!) Buescher State Park to Somerville Lake Marina Campground Today started out fast and cruising, favorable winds, overcast and felt good. There was a chance of rain but it never materialized. It was definitely our longest ride yet. We took several nice breaks about everyContinue reading “First long day”

Day 9. 55mi 1991 elev. AIS 5:28. 10.0 mph We were out of Austin early today, 7:40am. Overcast but warm morning , 85% humidity. As I stated earlier, Austin’s bike trails and bike paths along major roads is impressive. We scooted right along and we’re out of the metro area within an hour. Passed aContinue reading “Dogs, AirPods and hills”

Day 8. Rest day in Austin In the daily stats column “AIS” (ass in seat) refers to actual time riding the bike. Doesn’t include snack stops, photo stops, lunch, etc. Elevation climb is overall amount of climbing in the total ride. Typically we are waking up about 6:30am. There’s packing up inside the tent andContinue reading “What’s in a day?”

Day 7. 51.5 mi. 5:15 hrs. 2932 elev climb. 9.8 mph Where do I begin? It seems my day really started at sunset last night. You’d think someday when I set up camp I would pay closer attention to where the yard lights are? Last night soon after sunset the yard light comes on atContinue reading “Significant rollers”

Day 6. 44 mi. 4:06 hrs. 1948 elev. 10.8 mph! We left Fredericksburg Lady Bird Johnson Park and rode back country roads to Johnson City. Childhood home of LBJ. For a change we had our first tailwinds, except the last 2 miles. I’ll forget about those 2 miles. Angry issues: 1. When we left campContinue reading “Johnson to Johnson country ride”

Day 5. 39 mi 4:08 hr. 1587 climb 9.5 avg speed. Ingram to Fredericksburg, Tx We had a fabulous ride today. Short and easy. The morning started a wee bit cold. Spent the early hours of the morning searching for more layers inside the sleeping bag! Our campsite was “primitive” which means the toilets/showers wereContinue reading “Texas flags and Lonestars”

Day 4. Texas Hill Country. 43 mi 9.1 mph. AIS 4:43 hrs. 2000 elev climb Lost Maples to Ingram TX The most beautiful day today. Started with a very steep hill (walk) right out of camp. To those that know..think climb out of Elkhorn Hot Springs but straight up, no curves! Anyway, once we wereContinue reading “Interval Training”

Day 3. 41 mi. 5:42 AIS 3244 elev gain. 3 BIG climbs 7.2 mph avg. Camp Wood to Lost Maple Natural Area Out of camp by 8am (usually we’re closer to 9). Expecting red flag winds today. 20mph with gusts to 40! And it sure felt like it right out of our camp. The firstContinue reading “Some wind, some walking, some HILLS. Texas Hill Country”

Day 2. 51 mi. Ais (ass in saddle) 4:47 Bracketville to Camp Wood Today started out glorious! We were on a back country (ranch) road. About the only vehicles were TDOT. We had 30 great miles with no traffic, slight tailwind and decent asphalt surface. We stopped every 10 miles to catch some shade andContinue reading “Crushing hot…need water!”