April 15, Day 24 cycling Vanderpool to Camp Wood, TX

Huge long lightning and thunderstorms last night. Camp Wood received 4” of rain! Thankfully our route, all on one road, was not waterlogged or flooded. 31.9 miles & 2428’ (in the first 26 miles!) Two big climbs today that were gorgeous, albeit foggy and constantly misty wet and mostly (not all 😊) bumpy roads again. The expansive Texas hill views might have been even more spectacular without the clouds but pretty amazing. At times reminded me of the Gorges de la Nesque cycle in southeastern France, except this was a lot more hilly. Given how tired I was after yesterday, amazed at how good I felt today. Nice to finish early, enjoy some bbq lunch, do laundry and relax. We’ll cook in tonight in our nice Airbnb.

Started out not so wet
So much limestone in the hill country
Cruising down the last big hill,
but not too fast due to wet roads!
See Tom go down this gorgeous mountain road. The roads we’ve been on the past few days are popular tourist destinations for
motorcyclists and car enthusiasts to drive.
Yesterday we saw a large group of corvettes.

2 thoughts on “April 15, Day 24 cycling Vanderpool to Camp Wood, TX

  1. I was surprised 2 days ago to learn you were halfway through your trip! It didn’t seem that long ago to me that you left Portland (though I am sure it feels different to you). And when you cook dinner in, who does the cooking?

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