Author Archives: Kathy Schroeder

79.4 miles & 1494’ elevation gain and actually lost more elevation than we gained today since we are now at the Rio Grande (!) and out of the Texas Hill Country as of this morning. We cycled through 4 of 9 regions of the Texas Hill Country, each region defined by its rivers. Now weContinue reading “April 16, Day 25 cycling Camp Wood to Del Rio, 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.Continue reading “April 15, Day 24 cycling Vanderpool to Camp Wood, TX”

First a shout out to our daughter Clara and her hubby Alex on their 8th wedding anniversary today. We love them so much and are proud of the amazing life they have created and continue to create together. The 81 miles 3989’ were hard today! First 30 miles to Kerrville were mostly on ranch roadsContinue reading “April 14, Day 23 cycling Fredericksburg to countryside near Vanderpool, TX”

Two short mileage days in a row for sightseeing LBJ’s home territory. Visited LBJ’s boyhood homesite last evening and the Visitor’s Center with a lot of information about his upbringing and career. 37.5 miles 2368’ beautiful short hilly ride through the Texas hill country to the cute German town of Fredericksburg. A bit of headContinue reading “April 13, Day 22 cycling Johnson City to Fredericksburg, TX”

Nighttime and morning severe thunderstorms necessitated a TST meeting at 7am and resulted in a 2 hour delayed start this Sunday morning out of Austin. I didn’t mind too much as very wet stormy cycling isn’t my idea of fun, and it provided the chance to catch up on bookkeeping. However, Sunday mornings are typicallyContinue reading “April 12 Day 21 cycling Austin to Johnson City, TX”

Wow when you’ve been in small town America cycling, the big cities seem even bigger!! We switched up our rest days to stay an extra day here (rather than previously scheduled Fredericksburg). We got our bikes serviced and saw Kathy’s Georgetown classmate, Louise Joy, and her family on a tour boat on Lady Bird LakeContinue reading “April 11 Austin Rest Day”

This morning Jody drove us 6 miles north from LaGrange back to the route up the large highway with construction that we cycled yesterday. As we were unloading shortly after 7am, I noticed I had a fourth flat tire! 😩 This time on the front, and the culprit was another very tiny metal wire fromContinue reading “April 10 Day 20 cycling LaGrange to Austin, TX”

Navasota last night – the Blues Capital of TX with some great public art and near to both Presidential Libraries for George H.W. & George W. Bush. Moved on to a new Souther Tier map section today, and it has elevation profiles! …. guess we’ll be doing some climbing unlike the very flat ride we’veContinue reading “April 9 Day 19 cycling Navasota to LaGrange, TX”

Thought I should start out with some granddaughter love – Miya is growing well at just over one month old and parents are settling in to their new roles. Today’s ride was not one to introduce your friends to the magnificence of a TransAm cycle! Other than a few nice miles on some country TXContinue reading “April 8 Day 18 cycling Coldspring to Navasota, TX”

Nourishment is important when you are cycling 4-7 hours a day! Peanut butter, honey and banana sandwiches daily, caffeine in some form, egg frittata, super hero muffin, nut/raisin mix, small orange or apple and/or whatever we buy at rest stops. Preferred cycling bottle beverage is 1/3 cranberry juice 2/3 water. I have yet to findContinue reading “April 7 Day 17 cycling Kountze to Coldspring, TX”