Day 22: Sanderson TX to Langtry TX

The tradition continues... Day 22.  Disclaimer on this post, Sandy did not proof read.

Day 22 on the Road
How many more until NSB

Picture from bed last night

After setting up camp today and enjoying a nice dinner, we meet a father/son team riding west to San Diego.  He is riding to raise money for cancer so the cause is near and dear.  It was great to hear their stories and pass on what we learned about their road ahead.   One of the interesting things is Greg and Bradley met in a bike store in Jacksonville, small world. 

Great Cause and a Small World
Hope to meet up with you FL some day.

Last night we met a young guy (about 24) riding west as well.  The one thing that was clear from the conversation is that a tailwind is better than a headwind. 

 For todays ride, the plan was to get up early and be on the road by 8AM.  All was going well until technical difficulties hit my Garmin bike computer.  After 30 minutes of messing around and talking to Garmin tech support the thing started to work and off, I went.  Today was the first day on the trip when the sun did not shine all day.  It was dreary, cold, and windy all day.   Even though it took until 8:30ish to get started, I did get ahead of the wind for about an hour.  After that it was just one of those days. 

Scenery for the day was much the same as yesterday.  For the 60 miles, there was one little ghost town along the way.  The only thing moving in the town were goats. 

Just outside of town

You never know what is over the ridge
This is one of the coolest parts of the ride.
The next amazing view or surprise.

Yesterday I said I did not expect much from Langtry.  Well the small place (not town) overachieved.  There is a museum for the area that was cool and the buildings in town are neat.   Don’t get me wrong, I would not pack up the wagon and head to Langtry but if your driving Route 90 in Texas it is worth a quick stop. 

Camp tonight is in the local community center.

Langtry has a museum showing its history...   this is the original bar in town.

The place is interesting.

The ride today was dominated by wind again.  Thank goodness that there was a bit of downhill today.

Today’s ride stats:

Start Time:  8:18 AM Central Time            Finish Time: 1:35 PM Central Time

Elapse Time: 5 Hr. 16 Min.                         Ride Time: 4 Hr. 35 Min.

Distance: 60.2 Miles                                    Average Speed: 13.1 mph

Climbing/Descent: 1768/3172 Ft.             TSS:  127

Average Power: 155 Watts                        Normalized Power:  166 Watts

Calories: 2560                                           Ave/Max HR: 112/128 bpm

To leave camp early today Sandy and I agreed to skip bacon & eggs and I had a muffin and banana. Sandy made up for this with two burritos for lunch ($1.75 each).  Add to this a Gatorade and lunch was perfect.  I also ate one Cliff Barr and drank about one bottle of water. 

Tomorrow target is Del Rios TX about 60 miles from Langtry.  My legs are tired and all the efforts to do short days has not helped with recovery.  We will spend a day in Del Rios to rest and go see the Rio Grand up close.  

Old school fun
Outlawed in the rest of the country.