Day 16

Mesilla to Fabens, TX. 83 miles. 800 ft climbing

A great pancake breakfast by our warmshowers host, Ken got us off to a good start. We easily made the 5 miles back to the route thanks to the downhill most of the way there.

We followed the Rio Grande into El Paso working against a moderate 10-15mph headwind. We passed through many pecan groves. Lunch was on the bike path by the river.

Traveling through ElPaso was the most climbing we had all day. Once we had made it most of the way thought the city we found the wind had shifted to a nice tailwind.

Thanks to the tailwind we were able to make it 83 miles by 6:30 pm. We stopped at the firehouse and they let us pitch our tent besiege the firehouse and use the restroom. they were very nice!