Alpine to Sanderson. 82 miles. 1000 ft climbing. 2500 descent.
We left alpine after first stopping at the TSC store( did you know they have live ducklings for sale!) for some glue for our patches.
A nice tailwind out of town quickly disappeared when highway 90 turned to the southeast. We fought the 25mph head/side wind for about 30 miles until we reached Marathon. Finally after about 10 miles later we turned more eastward and the wind switched to west. The last 40 miles were fun with the tailwind and a slight downgrade for about 20 miles of it. Craig once again wanted to go farther (we already had 82 miles) but we had no lodging options after Sanderson in the 40mph wind forecast tonight. Staying at the desert Air motel tonight.
Graber cycling 