Friday Feb 11th. Fort Davis to Marathon
While leaving Fort Davis I stopped in a small shop and finally found the perfect Valentines Day card. I'd stopped in 4 other stores in the past week with no luck and was getting a bit stressed about not finding the right one.
Saturday Feb 12 Marathon to Sanderson
Today was our earliest arrival to camp (about 3 hours before sunset). It was nice to have time to ride around town and check out the local businesses. The 55 miles on route 90 had minimal traffic and was mostly downhill or flat. We dropped about 1300ft in elevation today and tomorrow we'll lose another 1300 ft as we drop off this plateau that we've been on since our ride to up to Three Way, Arizona on January 28th. For over 2 weeks we haven't spent any time below 3,500 ft until today (and spent a great deal of the time between 4000-6000ft). We hope the time and exercise at altitude makes riding easier as we head closer to sea level
I don't recall seeing more than 2 houses once out of Marathon until we hit the outskirts of Sanderson. Once in Sanderson we biked a mile from the campground to Cheli's restaurant that had excellent home made pizza and my 1st salad in over a week (with these really tasty hot peppers). Lenny went to pay for dinner and the owner told him about how her daughter was also paralized in a car accident. She wished us well on our journey, thanked us for spreading the message of hope for those who are injuried and insisted on buying our dinner.
Outside the restaurant we met Luke and Steve, two really cool adventurous guys from St. Louis Missouri who are riding cross country in the other direction. We enjoyed their company and would write more about but Luke isn't as far behind with his blog as I am so I'll cheat and just give you his blog address for more details about todays encounter. http://plantandpedal.blogspot.com Luke and Steve's blog
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