March 14, 2017. Marfa Texas to marathon Texas 57 miles. 1161 miles from the Pacific.
Woke up in camp happy this morning with a thick layer of frost on my tent brrrr. Had a camp breakfast of tortilla, peanut butter, and banana and then started the long climb out of Marfa. The road was smooth the traffic was light and the wind was slightly at my back. Can’t ask for anything more than that. My legs felt good after the rest day and a horse was ready to Gallup. Up over the past we went and down into Alpine Texas for lunch. Camp happy to set up at the edge of town in the desert campground. I am surrounded by other bicyclists. Some are doing Big Bend national Park. A guy who is 76 years old from the Netherlands is doing the Southern too. Another guy in camp is biking around the world. He started in Norway and is headed for San Diego then Korea, China and Asia. The sun is setting over the West Texas mountains as I finish this note and get ready to crawl into camp happy. I hope you have a camp happy to crawl into tonight too. Cheers, Freebird