Day #35: Sierra Blanca- Fabens, TX 58.8 Miles

We woke up at what we thought was 7:40am, but was actually 6:40am. We considered going back to sleep for an hour, but decided it would be better to get an early start. This ended up paying off, because we avoided the heat of the day. We stopped in Fort Hancock to get ice cream and to refill our water bottles.  We ran into a couple who had 3 greyhound dogs with them.  Two of them were originally racing dogs, but the third was not good enough to make the cut.  They were very well trained and did not chase after us (see pics).  The couple told us they regretted never having done a cross country bike ride, but they did go across England which they said was all hills.  They said the British build roads over mountains rather than around them.  We noticed that my front tire seemed a little low on air, but decided not to change the inner tube. We pumped the tire up, and headed towards Fabens. We made it to the Fabens Motel around 1:20pm. The rooms are clean, the AC works, and there's food not too far down the road. We had some very nice, gradual down hills (one was 3 miles long!), and some challenging uphill climbs... but we made it! Tomorrow we hope to get to El Paso (the end of Texas)... then we're off to New Mexico!!!


Thanks for coming along for the ride!


Check out our route at the link below:
Sierra Blanca, TX- Fabens, TX