Day 26

Lost Maples State park, TX. to Ingram, TX. 38 miles. 2000 ft

I may have spoke too soon about yesterday being the last hard day of climbing. While today was not a long day it had some tough sections.

We rolled/walked the first two miles along the trail to get out to the main raid and were welcomed with a steady 10% climb for the first mile. That got the blood flowing! It was a pretty, rolling ride with a decent headwind until we made our eastward turn 20 miles in.

That turn made the wind into a crosswind but the work was still not done with many ‘dips’ in the road while we followed the Guadalupe river. There were several large beautiful estates along the river.

Our day was finished with a short but difficult 12% climb to our warmshowers host place. Lewis is a former touring cyclist and had reserved the ‘cabana’ for the four of us. Lewis and his wife, Linda hosted five cyclists and five more guests( including Kristal and Janet) they are amazing!