Bicycle Touring
Silsbee TX – Merryville LA – April 21
We got on the road before 8am this morning. The sky was clear and the temperature was in the low 60’s. We’ve left the Texas Hill Country behind us and were on our way […]
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Bicycle Touring
Coldspring to Silsbee TX – April 20
I woke up to clear skies and a temperature in the high 50’s. Winds today were forecast to be from a northerly direction and the forecast high temperature was forecast to be in the mid […]
Bicycle Touring
Richards to Double Lakes Recreation Area (near Coldspring TX) – April 19
We got on the road around 8am today under clear skies. The thunderstorms from last night have passed by and the sky is clear and the humidity is much lower. After about 20 miles we […]
Bicycle Touring
La Grange to Richards TX – April 18
I woke up to cloudy skies on Saturday morning. We were able to sleep in bunkhouses at Camp Lost Pines last night so we didn’t have to pack up wet tents. They have been […]
Bicycle Touring
Austin to La Grange TX – April 17
I had a rest day in Austin yesterday. After cleaning and doing a little maintenance on my bicycle in the morning, I walked downtown to check out Austin. It seemed to be a bike and […]
Bicycle Touring
Pedernales Falls State Park to Austin TX – April 15
I got on the road just after 8 am this morning with one of the other cyclists and headed east on Rd. 2766. After a few miles we came upon a low lying dip in […]
Bicycle Touring
Kerrville to Pedernales Falls State Park – April 14
It was cool and cloudy this morning. I got on the road before 8 am with 4 other riders. After riding back through the town of Kerville, we headed north on a series of quiet […]
Bicycle Touring
Lost Maples State Natural Area (north of Vanderpool) to Kerrville TX – April 13
Hunt TX. Halfway mark in my across USA ride. An intense thunder storm passed through the area last night. It started after 10:30 and woke me up just after I had fallen to sleep. […]
Bicycle Touring
Camp Wood (4.5 miles south) to Lost Maples State Natural Area – April 12
It rained lightly overnight but stopped just long enough in the morning for us to make our lunches and eat breakfast. I got on the road around 8 am with 3 of the other riders. […]
Bicycle Touring
Del Rio to Camp Wood TX – April 11
Camping behind a saloon on a Friday night can result in a night with little sleep. I heard 2 sets of music by the rock band before drifting to sleep only to be awakened by […]
Bicycle Touring
Seminole Canyon to Del Rio TX – April 10
We woke up to a partly cloudy day with brisk winds from an easterly direction that would make for some tough riding against a headwind. The weather forecast indicated that the winds would change to […]
Bicycle Touring
Sanderson to Seminole Canyon State Park – April 9
I left Sanderson with two other riders just before 8am. The weather forecast was calling for a high of 89 F so we wanted to get as many miles in as we could before the […]
Bicycle Touring
Marathon to Sanderson TX – April 8
Camping at an RV Park across from railways tracks can make for a long night. It seemed like every 2 hours a freight train went by during the night. Because the RV Park was near […]
Bicycle Touring
Fort Davis to Marathon TX – April 7
I had a good rest day in Fort Davis yesterday. It was nice to be back staying at the Stone Village Tourist Camp again. I spent a few nights there last November before riding the […]