Holy cow. Ohhhh man. We had wind today. SO much wind.
We left our campsite around 9am and biked close to 8 hours to go just over 50 miles. This was with no long food breaks and a LOT of grinding away in slow gears.
A wise man once said (my dad, Trace McCune 😉), that headwinds build character. I reminded myself of that several times today and have to admit by the end of our 50 miles, I do feel stronger for it. We also had AMAZING landscapes today and saw a few round tailed horned lizards. Those guys can MOVE.
Ryan braved the grocery stores on the outside of El Paso for us armed with a face mask, hand sanitizer, and gloves to replenish our dwindling food supplies.
We are now full on chili, guacamole, cottage cheese, chocolate milk, and tortilla chips. I sure hope my gut bacteria can still handle vegetables after this trip. I am on the opposite end of the spectrum right now from my careful whole food quasi vegan diet that got me through 2019, but this eating sure is fun!
Camp tonight is just on the outskirts of El Paso suburbs. Tomorrow, we brave the passage past the city!
Route info for interested readers:
62, all the way. So so so windy today but amazing wild flowers. It was flat then got into some real hills and finally a long descent (the best part) into El Paso.
There and Back Again 