| Cross-Country Ramble 19:
We're Back! Sent: 96-05-18 22:22:14 EDT
We're back on the road again.
After riding through the desert from El Paso to Fort Hancock
today, last week in Washington, DC, seems like a dream. In
Washington the weather was downright cool, never even reaching 70
degrees in the daytime. The average tree seemed to be 60-70 feet
high. They were all over the place! Under the trees was green,
green, grass. Azaleas were in bloom, great gobs of showy red and
lavender. And not a sprinkler system in sight, unless of course you
count the rain that came right out of the sky.
The weather here today was HOT! It was pushing 100 degrees. I
can't recall a day since we left Ventura that it hasn't been at
least 90 degrees. We were grateful for the few large trees along the
roadside. They provided some respite from the sun. We rode past
pecan orchards and cotton fields with canals running along side of
them. And we rode past miles and miles of desert scrub as well as
dead and dying towns.
Upon finally reaching our motel room hot and tired, the clerk
gleefully told us that our route to Van Horn tomorrow is mostly
uphill. "Straight up!" were the words he used. Bah!
After a week off, I guess it will take a while to get back into
the cycling groove.
Carol
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