Today was a minor mail stop for us. We picked up mail at Comstock, TX, where new VISA debit cards were waiting for us, along with a xenon light bulb to replace one that burned out in one of our cabin lights last week.
While riding through Comstock, Alea met two touring cyclists heading east. Jane and Gene live in Cape Coral, FL. They flew from there to San Diego to start their trip, which will take them to St Augustine before they bicycle back to their doorstep. They help provide support on a couple of different Bike America cross country tour routes. That gives them the same on-one-day, off-the-next riding pattern that we use. And those are fully supported tours with a hotel stay every night. So they've achieved basically the same sort of lifestyle that Alea and I have, only theirs is much less expensive. But where they go is limited to where the touring company has tours (which is why they were out riding self-supported on the Southern Tier). Our lifestyle is more expensive, since we don't get free room and board, but we also have the flexibility to go where ever we please. They sounded like fun folks, who probably had a pace similar to ours, so we were a bit sad that they weren't headed our way.
We are camped at Seminole Canyon State Park ($20, power, water, adjustable showers, wi-fi and covered picnic tables). Unfortunately, it is only possible to explore the canyon on a guided tour (currently only offered on Wednesdays and Saturdays), as there are lots of interesting petroglyphs on the canyon walls.
No comments:
Post a Comment