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| How we are pampered today
The good news about today? Nice clouds, a DQ at the end and I made the 74 mile ride without a SAG. The bad news? Scenery: not so great. Road surface: mostly terrible. Speed limit: 75 mph on a two lane road. Horrific accidents: one big truck, picture below. Winds: not favorable. Riding today felt like rowing a small boat across an open ocean. Only John Irving kept me going (and the thought of the DQ). The only settlement was at a town called "Valentine" where the high school travel club catered a small lunch for us as a fundraiser. Last year their school had 78 students in grades K-12 and graduated 2 students. This year there are 5 seniors. I was put off by a pretty girl who proudly told us that her father bought her a car...a Hummer! This in yet another town that looks post-apocalytic.
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Lovely!
ReplyDeleteHey! I was listening to "Boomerang" by Michael Lewis today and near the end he talked about "Dr Peter Whybrow", and American Mania, and the reptilian brain, etc etc. Have you read this?
That bathtub is pretty bad.
ReplyDeleteMA and I are following along with serious concern for your survival, and sanity. Thank god for music!
ReplyDeleteDear Dereka and John: I laugh (and I cry inside) when I read your blog. I have driven through this area and I have "weird" memories of Sierra Blanca and Van Horne and getting stopped and ticketed there. It's hard enough to drive a car across West Texas. But, just to tell you - it will get better the further you go. Hang in there, tough people. Phillip
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