Day 27 Cross Country Bike Trip
It started to rain about 7:00 this morning and we were a little worried about how the ride would go. Fortunately, it stopped by 7:30 and when the guys were ready to go about 8:30, the sky was blue and no wind!
As they were heading out of town, a group of cyclists were coming into town. The other six riders had started in Leakey 21 miles away and turned around in Campwood and went back. The hills are crazy and difficult! Tobey and Phil talked to them for a few minutes as they were passing and the cycling group thought Tobey was crazy to ride cross country!
As we made our way across Texas Ranch Road 337, we passed the Rust in Peace graveyard on the Double Creek Ranch. 
We are definitely in the Texas Hill Country and the road was the horrible Texas chip seal. 
They climbed and climbed uphill and the auto speed limit was 15 to 20 mph!
Then some downhill …
Just before Leakey, Texas we stopped for lunch at the Bent Rim Grill. It was a nice break, in the heart of Texas Hill Country.
From Leakey, they guys changed to Highway 83 north and believe it or not, there were more hills! And more traffic! They were thankful for the wider shoulder and slower traffic lanes for the 19 miles on which they rode.
Because there are so many hills and so many rivers, we have seen these Flood Gauge signs all along our route. I can’t tell you how glad I am that it hasn’t been raining much!
After turning onto Hwy 39, most of the traffic disappeared and the hills were much smaller. Tobey enjoyed the last 16 miles of his day the most – and even had a small tail wind!
One of the other things we have seen across Texas are “sport game ranches”. I love seeing these animals and certainly would not want to hunt these beauties!
We stopped about 16 miles east of Hwy 83 on the WIDE shoulder for the night. Just across the road is another game farm with lots of deer. They were pretty curious about us and came close to the fence to watch us. So naïve.
Today’s ride was 54.4 miles. This is the link for today’s ride: https://ridewithgps.com/trips/31273606
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