The wind died off and it's calm this morning. It makes it easy to break camp when you're not struggling to keep things from taking off.
We rode west, back to town for breakfast since there was almost nothing to the east. We had the $4.99 special which worked for us.
It took a long time to get light this morning due to the cloud cover but it also kept the temps higher. We used the old road paralleling I-10 for about half of the 60 miles to Las Cruces.
We ran into Ron who was heading west. He started in Sacramento last May and headed north to circumnavigate the US and Canada by bike. He passed 10,000 miles awhile back. He had used duct tape he found to fortify the tread of his rear tire in an effort to keep the thorns from flatting the worn tire. I will probably never meet a man who has done more solitary outdoor adventures. 40,000 miles around the world In a 33 ft steel sailboat is one example. Too many others to list!
Another tourist trap provided us with a short break. Our third in the chain of ten stores in the Southwest.
Jim is pitying me here as I just finished fixing my third flat. I pulled one large goathead thorn and three small pieces wire from a radial car/truck tire out of my tire. You don't realize how many motor vehicle tires get shredded on the road until you see all the debris on the shoulder when riding a bicycle.
We split a subway sandwich again today for lunch about 8 miles from Las Cruces. The joyride the wind gave us yesterday turned into a killjoy ride today. We had headwinds about 90% of the day today, dragging our average speed down to about 12.
We got to our intended RV park for the night and another touring cyclist, Wade, arrived just after us. He is doing part of the southern tier starting from Flagstaff.
We walked down the street to eat $5 pizza with a $5 glass of wine.
63 miles today. Tomorrow, Jim's cycling friend Harry will meet us here and lead us to his place in El Paso.
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