February 29th, Leap Year entry

We left Van Horn, TX and headed East with the wind at our backs. It gives altogether new meaning to the Irish prayer, "May the wind be always at your back." Sometimes the wind blows so hard in West Texas, it stirs up clouds of dust that look like fog.  But it still helps when you are riding East and the sirocco type wind is pushing you up the hills.

In Kent, TX we ran into this couple who are literally walking across America for their cause to help poor villages in Asia. Here is there blog: walkamerica.co.uk.

This is Nick and Lucy from Lincolnshire, UK. That is not a baby carriage but a 3 wheel cart to carry the water they will need crossing Texas.

Here is Nick and Lucy with Jeanne. We presented them with the flag which might help them be visible on the highway.  We had the flag because Travis, who we helped to the bike shop in Las Cruces to get his derailleur fixed, left it in our truck.  Well, why not put it to good use?

And there they go taking a nice stroll along the highway to San Diego, CA.

We are staying at Balmorhea, TX after 60+ miles of riding, and they have a most excellent State Park there.

This is a park with plenty of flowing water which is amazing in this part of the state.

We ran into a couple from Wisconsin who have an A-frame like ours. We had a little comparison chat about them. This is the only other one we have seen.