Day 18: Looooong Roads

Total: 1277 miles

Cyclist's Observation: Things in Texas are not nearly as close as they appear.

Fair winds for us means that you will get a blog post without much substance. As you can see from yesterday's blog post, we don't have a lot to do in the afternoon if we get in early. As for today, I decided to stop at a Texas rest stop for cyclists. You can see from the picture, the Laz-Z-Boy Rest Stop was convenient and quite comfortable. The only problem was that the toilet was 14 miles away!

We managed to travel from Gatesville to Early, TX for a total of 83 miles at an average of 13.5 mph. The first 50 miles we had cross winds from 25 to 35 mph and gusts up to 40 mph. This made my additional pounds useful until we arrived at a hill. The last 33 miles was reinforced by a much appreciated tail wind.

As we made the turn to take advantage of the wind, we found a DQ in Goldthwaite, Texas. Not just any DQ, but the DQ with a host, David, and store manager, Nita, who provided Texas history and tour information (see picture). Nita also gave us free Blizzard coupons and the locations for the next DQs on our route. Now that's hospitality Texas style. Thanks Nita and David!

This is the Old Land Cruisers saying adios for another day.