VACATION DAY!!

El Paso- Fort Hancock, TX Monday 3/22 48.5 miles

Today must be the day to start the Texas jokes. You know you are in Texas when.... the waffles in your Comfort Inn hotel breakfast buffet are shaped like....what else... the state of Texas.

Since we have started our sojourn, a 40+ mile day means mountains. We were expecting this today and it turns out that it truly was a vacation day! Smooth roads, no traffic except border patrol trucks, helicopters, bicycles, Texas Ranger cars , Sheriff patrols, Texas State police cars( I guess they are still trying to tame the wild wild west?)and farm vehicles in this desolate desert with little towns popping up here and there. We rode the Mission Road and stopped to visit 2 lovely missions, the Socorro Mission and the San Elizario Mission. Had lunch in a little cafe -the only one in town- in Tornillo. At the hotel tonight met two self contained bikers from Mammoth Lakes Calif. headed to St Augustine. Linda made a pork roast, and mac and cheese -see picture - in her Dutch ovens with a spinach/strawberry salad- every night I'm blown away by how good her food is

And now introducing Sag Wonder Woman #2

Amy from Minneapolis- trouble maker, rabble rouser, Apples to Apples organizer, card trickster,laugh maker-,music instigator oh we love her! That's Amy with the Border Patrol Officer

Quote of the day from Mr. Foo.. I told him that Patti, Katie and I took the entire day to ride the 48 miles. And his response ... “I think if you ride 10 miles or 100 miles, it will take you 3 all day. Yes, that’s us the Sweep Team- more on that later!!