Category Archives: Bicycle Trip Log

Trip Log – Day 218 – Comstock, TX to Del Rio, TX

Posted on February 3, 2016 by paulefallon

February 1, 2016 – Sunny, 80 degrees Miles Today: 34 Miles to Date: 11,214 States to Date: 28  A short ride but plenty of exercise, as the wind was in my face the entire route. Ten miles outside of Del … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 217 – Sanderson, TX to Comstock, TX

Posted on February 2, 2016 by paulefallon

January 31, 2016 – Sunny, 86 degrees Miles Today: 88 Miles to Date: 11,170 States to Date: 28 86/88/90: eighty-six degrees for eighty-eight miles on U.S. 90: what a sweet day. The wind was my friend, pushing me east and … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 216 – Marathon, TX to Sanderson, TX

Posted on February 1, 2016 by paulefallon

January 30, 2016 – Sunny, 75 degrees Miles Today: 55 Miles to Date: 11,082 States to Date: 28 I slept fitfully; preoccupied by the night noises of my heavy-set cabin-mate Tom and the half-hearted allusions he made yesterday to pedal … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 215 – Alpine, TX to Marathon, TX

Posted on January 31, 2016 by paulefallon

January 29, 2016 – Sunny, 65 degrees Miles Today: 31 Miles to Date: 11,027 States to Date: 28 West Texas was sunny and bright today, the desert jagged and brown, the people as varied as any I’ve met during my … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 214 – Marfa, TX to Alpine, TX

Posted on January 30, 2016 by paulefallon

January 28, 2016 – Sunny, 65 degrees Miles Today: 28 Miles to Date: 10,996 States to Date: 28  I enjoyed a beautiful, easy day of bicycle touring. US 90 from Marfa to Alpine is a gorgeous stretch with vast vistas. … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 213 – Van Horn, TX to Marfa, TX

Posted on January 29, 2016 by paulefallon

January 27, 2016 – Sunny, 50 degrees Miles Today: 77 Miles to Date: 10,968 States to Date: 28 Is Marfa, Texas ironic or prophetic? I will ride along U.S. 90 more than any single route of my journey. I was … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 212 – Fort Hancock, TX to Van Horn, TX

Posted on January 28, 2016 by paulefallon

January 26, 2016 – Overcast, 40 degrees Miles Today: 68 Miles to Date: 10,891 States to Date: 28 No way was West Texas going to let me off the hook with a week of cool nights, sunny days, and gentle … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 211 – El Paso, TX to Fort Hancock, TX

Posted on January 27, 2016 by paulefallon

January 25, 2016 – Overcast, 50 degrees Miles Today: 52 Miles to Date: 10,823 States to Date: 28  My couchsurfing host Miguel cooked me a remarkable Columbian breakfast and pedaled with me downhill to his lab at Texas Tech Medical … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 210 – El Paso, TX

Posted on January 26, 2016 by paulefallon

January 24, 2016 – Sun, 60 degrees Miles Today: 18 Miles to Date: 10,771 States to Date: 28 For me, El Paso is ripe in memory. I’ve been here four or five times, all during 1977-1978 when I was a … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 209 – Columbus, NM to El Paso, TX

Posted on January 25, 2016 by paulefallon

January 23, 2016 – Sun, 60 degrees Miles Today: 72 Miles to Date: 10,753 States to Date: 28 Everything was easier today. The distance was shorter, the pavement smoother, the wind lighter, the grades shallower, the shoulder wider. I left … Continue reading →

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