Category Archives: Part 2

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!”

30 miles. 3:05 hrs. Del Rio to Bracketville TX Started about noon after driving to Del Rio (2 hrs). Some assembly of bikes required. While getting ready to ride two separate groups of cross country riders went past. One group all women tour (not sure of the name) and the other mixed group (35 riders)Continue reading “Back in the saddle. Day 1”

(Cue Willie Nelson) going places that I’ve never been Stuffed all the bags in the backseat First day we drove to Colorado City CO. South of Pueblo. Arrived about 11pm. Tired of sitting. Made it to San Antonio. 12 hr drive from Colorado City CO to San Antonio. Long day. Cruised through San Antonio atContinue reading “On the road again..”

Just 2 more days before we hit the road (by vehicle) to hit the road by bicycle! The last two weeks have been busy getting all the gear together, checking the lists, trial packs of the panniers, trial rides with all the gear and last minute details of gears and derailleurs. We are definitely allContinue reading “All prepped and ready to go”