75 Miles to Van Horn ....

I originally wrote this entry on 3/25/14 on my iPad, but for some reason I could not get it to publish-- perhaps a weak Wifi connection? So, I'm copying it over on my cell phone and hoping for the best.

We're now in Central Standard Time, so I feel as if we're making progress.

I don't have a lot of positive things to say about today's ride. It was a matter of getting from Point A to Point B, with not a lot to look at in between, except for some beautiful horses in a field early in the ride. Except for about 2 miles of the ride, we were battling 38 mph headwinds  with gusts up to 47 mph. Our ride time was 6 hrs. 45 min. with an average speed of 10.6 mph. Much of the ride was either on I-10, or on a road parallel to it called Frontage Rd. Our ride instructions at one point said, "from I-10, walk across dirt shoulder to Frontage Rd. at mile marker 90". A lot of the women took a ride in the SAG when they had had enough and the last rider didn't arrive at the hotel until 7 pm, just as it started to rain. Of course, I struggled through the whole ride, riding with my friend, Rona, again. It didn't help that we lost an hour by crossing into CST.

Hopefully, the rain will end overnight and the wind will be at our backs tomorrow because it's a long day, 90 miles with climbing......