Monthly Archives: March 2018

March 2, 2018 Gorgeous sunny weather for our last day of riding! The topo map showed some pretty ominous hills once again, but something about a new day and sunshine can bring great optimism. Our last day of Texas Hill Country looked beautiful. We left the hotel earlier than usual since we had a lotContinue reading “And Austin”

Thursday March 1, 2018 We knew for sure (!) we had a moderate 40 mile day today heading east back towards Austin, same terrain, same rolling hills. We grabbed a quick breakfast at the hotel and headed out into cooler misty weather again. We were riding what is called the Pendernales Cutoff in order toContinue reading “Heading East”

Wed Feb 28, 2018 A gorgeous sunrise and twelve hours of sleep did a lot for our, or my, attitude. We headed to the local coffee shop before riding into what the tourism brochure people out here call “bicycling nirvana”, and it was a nice ride! The landscape was changing with more to look atContinue reading “LBJ was here, and so was her husband”

Tues Feb 27 We left the Faust Hotel in a light drizzle (again) and (again) we thought we had a pleasant day of riding. We mounted up in good spirits and headed out with no sense of urgency…we need to learn to read maps. We followed the Guadalupe River, obviously a busy river for “toobing”…theirContinue reading “Oh my goodness..Hill Country!”

Mon Feb 26, 2018 We woke to a heavy fog and 90 percent humidty in San Marcos. Knowing we had a short day we hung around the hotel until we felt it was at least somewhat safe to travel the 20 miles to New Braunfels. Since we were off route we zigzagged our way throughContinue reading “Back on Track”