Finally, the sun came out. Temperatures were about the same as yesterday, but it felt warmer because of the bright sun! Windy day…supposed to be 15 mph from the north. So I decided to go against the wind for first half of ride and then “fly” with the wind coming back. Didn’t work that way, the wind seemed to reverse on me. I was bucking the wind almost the entire ride. Well, okay, it didn’t do much of the 15mph winds, and overall the wind was only against me by 2 mph…but riding in the mountains AND with WIND…what a combination. I rode a whopping 14.2 mph. I didn’t have that foreboding feeling of leaving the warmth of “home away from home,” but I did worry that I might be stranded because there were no cars on the road – SH 54 (road to Carlsbad Caverns through the Guadalupe Mountains. I saw a car when I rode out of Van Horn, but didn’t see any other cars for about 8 miles when 3 came by – toward me and one behind me – it seems like each time a car passed there were at least 2. No more than 10 cars for the whole day! Well, my whole day of about 2 hours on this road.
It was a good ride. I was tired when I got back to the motel, but glad that I had ridden.
Today I decided I am going to bring my bike speed more in line with my car speed. I have already started toward that goal by driving the speed limit. Since I can’t seem to get much more than about 16 mph on my bike, I guess I am going to have to slow down a whole lot when I am driving.
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