Day 25 – January 3rd

I’m in Texas baby!

We have crossed another state line. Four down, four to go and this one is a biggun!

Today we felt fresh as can be in the morning and knocked out 30 miles before noon. The slump hit as we found ourselves on a very beautiful but very rough going dirt road an hour later. Google maps, you have done us well so far, but not today.

Thankfully after wading through a flooded section of road, walking our bikes across, we were rescued by a cool Texan dude named Ronny. He put our bikes in the back of his jacked up truck and drove us FOUR more miles over dirt roads and huge puddles. THANK YOU FOR SAVING US!!!

The rest of our day consisted of two flat tires, being honked off the road by an 18 wheeler, yelled at by a passerby, and riding on no shoulder next to Texas speed drivers. the silver lining? It was a seriously beautiful day and all said and done, the biking was great 👍🏼

We are camped out behind a very kind gas station mart called Get N’ Go listening to a chorus of frogs and traffic, the moon and stars sparkling for us 😊 ✨ The owner, Ali, even gave us a free pizza for dinner!! SCORE!! Thank you Pam for making it so delicious!

Two more days to Houston and then a few more to Austin where we will break for a couple of weeks with friends.

Route info for interested readers:

We left Lake Charles on 379 and then got on our favorite section of the day, Navajo Rd. That took us to Big Woods Rd through Starks where we turned left onto 12. after Deweyville we went right on Old TX 87 then right onto Co Rd 87. This was where we went wrong. Cutting through to the 62 this was took us on dirt backroads that were not passable by bike after the rain (thank you again Ronny!). The rest of the day was spent on 2246 which was one of the worst roads we’ve taken this entire trip. No shoulder and very fast drivers. We are learning!