the bad came yesterday... which consisted of a 6 mile gravel road. going downhill on gravel = not fun, quite scary mostly because at one point i almost slipped on the soft sand-gravel. shaking and vibrating arms down rocky "pavement" did not help the 94 mile day. b&b is all about trying new things and i definitely got a taste of gravel riding (don't think i will be jumping at that opportunity anytime soon) when sarah and i stopped in spearman, tx (yes!! 7th state) i got to the gas station (probably .5 mile) in a confused state in search of food and chocolate milk.... i ended up with a ice cream drumstick and snack mix (which sarah and i devoured while stretching) eveyone was pretty dehydrated today but hopefully we won't run into any more ride days with no towns or gas stations (that really impeded our water-obtaining abilities)
one the flip side today's 85 miles..... not bad ... texas redeemed itself (we had extreme heat, tough terrain and headwinds worse than OK) today... we got cloudy cover and nice tailwinds (yes it was a nice change) got to ride a nice group (paul,zac,dave,varun, sarah) it made the morning pass pretty fast (the way i like it)
so.... new mexico here we come tommorrow (o man, o man!!) the state will have about 24 hours to prove itself to me (please be kind) i'm tossed up about texas.... it had a its bad but then its good, i guess tommorrow's ride will be the tiebreaker
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