The Adventure Cycling map had us going along I-10 on a service road, so we decided to give the Interstate another try (the road surface on the service road looked really bad). The shoulder was wide and well paved, and there wasn't a lot of traffic. A few miles past Van Horn, we entered Mountain Time (we gained an hour)! We flew to Sierra Blanca, and we decided to eat an early lunch there because there wasn't another place to eat for another 40 miles. We decided to stay in Sierra Blanca instead of Fort Hancock because it would have been an additional 54 miles to the next lodging opportunity. We called around to the 3 motels in the area, and we discovered that only 1 was still operational. The woman on the phone told us that there were no rooms available for tonight and that we should try again tomorrow. We called again 20 minutes later and got the same answer... it looked as if we were headed to Hancock after all!
Despite what the woman on the phone said, my dad suggested we go to the motel and ask if they had a room (it was right down the street so why not). If they did not have a room my dad was prepared to make them "an offer they couldn't refuse" (involving cash of course). Thankfully when we got there a room was available (the woman at the front desk didn't seem to know what we were talking about when we told her that someone had told us the motel was full). The room is clean, air conditioned, and most importantly... not 50+ miles down the road! In reality, we are just trying to hold onto Texas as long as possible... just kidding.... we figured it wouldn't be smart to push ourselves with 2 big days in a row.
If you want to read more about the Prada store yesterday you can go to the following link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prada_Marfa
Thanks for coming along for the ride!
Check out our route at the link below:
Van Horn, TX- Sierra Blonca, TX
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