Monthly Archives: March 2011

Favorites of the last week

Tim’s running the same manual gears as the tractor, both cruising down the highway together Sunsetting as we cross the Rio Grande for the first time. Rode along for a good part of the day from Hatch NM to El … Continue reading

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Texas Chainsaw Massacre scare #1

He says ” I registering with the Adventure cycling group, think I’ll have it all finished, up and running for y’all bikers in a week.  You feel free to take the road to the right when you get into town. … Continue reading

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Big Bend National Park

We roll into Alpine, TX with a wipping tailwind and are happy to see a bike shop.  Off our bikes and two steps later we meet Tim who lives in Alpine on the weekends.  Next thing we know, out tent … Continue reading

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Border Patrol

We’ve been riding close to the Mexican border since we started this trip and have daily run-in’s with the US Border Patrol.  We’ve been through the check points on bikes and all they ask is if we’re US citizens, then … Continue reading

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What do we eat?

People always ask what we’re eating….we eat everything and  then have seconds.

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Onion bags

We were riding from Deming NM – Hatch NM…the area famous for growing onions.  Yesterday, we made a game of how many bags we could pick up off the side of the road, in 13 miles we collected 12 bags! … Continue reading

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For Girl Scout Troop 20035 in Mason City Iowa

Just checked my email and had an awesome set of questions from 7th graders out of Mason City.  Here are the answers. Tim and I decided to ride our bikes because he’s had a life long goal of biking across … Continue reading

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