Day 19 - 75.0 miles

  Today's ride was 75 miles, it felt great not having to deal with the wind/sand storm, thank heavens it cleared up.  Today we left Las Cruces went thru El Paso into San Elizario where we are camping in this guy Dave's backyard.  Dave donates his backyard for bikers and gets to take a tax write off.  The great thing about his backyard is its right next to a farm with beautiful horses right next door.  So beautiful. This is our first night in Texas, and its going take us a few weeks to get across "the miles and miles of Texas". - Annie

The first part of the ride today was in the beautiful Mesilla Valley with miles of pecan orchards.  Another flat tire slowed us down a little, but the wind was mainly a cross wind or tail wind so we moved along.  We are fascinated by the Rio Grande with no water, and enjoyed a wonderful bike path leading into El Paso.  Then the 30 mile slog began thru El Paso traffic.  It wasn't as bad as Phoenix and Tempe, but we sure we're glad to leave it behind and get to our destination.  Everyone agreed it was a long day. - Sue

 

 

The Rio Grande !