Sanderson to Comstock to Brackettvile Texas

Two days of blog as I got in late last night after an 82 mile ride with some strong headwinds the last 25 miles.  We stayed in a State park and we met the ranger who informed us that we should keep our tents closed so scorpions and rattlesnakes would not get in our gear.  Also that when we got out of our tents at night to bring a flashlight so we wouldn't step on any of these critters.

The night before in Sanderson we had some visitors.  Bubba the tour owner has a tradition of inviting riders who are crossing the country self contained to stay with us and have dinner and breakfast with us.  This night we had two gentlemen from England and two doctors (men) from Australia.

The blokes from Australia were quite interesting. 

They had been travelling since last August and were in the process of trying to break the Guinness Book of Records for two men on a tandem going across the world in less than 290 days (18,000 miles).  

They gave told us how they had two accidents (got hit by a truck)  in the snow in Siberia, got robbed at knife point in Mongolia and fell into a sewer hole in India.  The night we met them they were 500 miles ahead of schedule.  They needed to reach Sand Diego, then Seattle before flying to Australia to complete the ride.    Pretty cool compared to our "little" jaunt across the US.

From Sanderson we rode 81 miles with over 2500 feet of climbing.   We had lunch at Langtry Texas.  It was the home of the famous Judge Roy Bean.  He named his town after a silent film movie star  Lillie Langtry as he was infatuated with her.

Supposedly he build her a house and invited her to visit him.  He died one year before she came to the town.

 Not much more to see other that the Rio Grande and Pecos river.

We keep riding along the border to Mexico and keep passing b order patrol agents and border control holding areas.  In Sanderson we were supposed to visit one of the centers but they had just captured 34 illegals and were busy processing them - so they called off the tour.

Today we did a 75 mile ride and are staying in a decommissioned Army base (camping of course).

The day started out with a heavy fog, turned to rain and ended in the sun.  The road was really dangerous as the shoulder was really rough and there were lots of trucks on the highway.  Seems they are building a pipeline and every other truck was carrying pipe.

The rain really put a damper on the day.  And prevented me from taking any pictures though I doubt there were any shots worth taking.

Another long day tomorrow....