Days 25

March 15, 2018

Passed the 1000 mile marker

Miles: 59.75 Elevation : 3/15: 1613 feet of climb.

Today and tomorrow were climbing days for certain as we ride out of the valley to the plateau. Vegetation is changing as well, more grass, trees and pasture land.

We left Sanderson,Tx on 3/15 and road to Langtry,Tx. home of famed outlaw Judge Roy Bean who became the self appointed justice of the land West of the Peco's . A colorful character worthy of further reading. The Texas Dept. of Transportation manages a visitor center in Langtry which brings many visitors every year.Langtry itself has a population of only 13 people. One gentleman,Mike came to our campsite to welcome us and gave us some history of this colorful community. While in Langtry we also visited the cemetery to see if we could find any founding citizens. We hiked to a bluff not far from our campsite that overlooked the Rio Grande River which is the border between Texas and Mexico in this part of Texas. A pleasantly warm night for a change but with high winds made interesting tenting, Maggie reports that she took refuge in the motor home as the wind was to intense for their tent. While in Langtry we had a surprise visit from Abbey, a biker from Alaska/California that we'd met earlier, she had dinner with us and shared our campsite as she was on her own as her fellow bikers had more bike troubles and didn't make it to camp.

Time,Maggie and George at the Judge Roy Bean Visitors Center

Maggie has never been to Mexico and we couldn't convince her to visit this trip so we at least took a photo of her with Mexico in the background.

Today's ride: 60 miles (97 km)
Total: 1,041 miles (1,675 km)

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