Day 19

Valentine to Alpine. 63 miles. 1050 ft climbing.

Okay bear with me cause I’m going to mention the wind again. It was a strong SE wind while we were heading east. Very hard work the first 35 miles.

We had committed to reach Marfa by lunch and it was after 1:30 when we reached a Dairy Queen. French fries, PB&J sandwiches, and a dipped vanilla cone later we were back on the road. About 10 miles out of Marfa the highway turned NE and we enjoyed some tailwind the rest of the way.

Craig wanted to ride another 30 miles to Marathon but with 65 in already I booked a room at the holiday inn with my CC points. We also didn’t want to pitch a tent in 25-40mph winds!

Another one of the many markers we stop at. This one tells a pretty sad story.
Another unusual artists project on the way into Marfa
The winds that we fought against all morning. Averaged about 8-9 mph cycling into them.
Another Marfa thing. This was to view the ‘mystery lights’ see next photo
There were about 30 bighorn sheep on this hillside! They started to run off when we stopped. You can still see most of them.
Not much traffic on Easter morning.

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