Double Leo

Jo and Shawne say... Day: 44 Mileage Today: 37.0 Total Mileage: 1791.55 Flats Today: 0 Total Flats: 44 When we woke up, it was mostly dark. The sun was just starting to warm the horizon as we rolled up the tent. We ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for breakfast and got our gear in order. We'd ridden our bikes up the dirt hill and to the gate when we found that it was closed. It wasn't locked, though, so we quickly opened it and snuck out, closing it behind us. We rode over a few more steep hills and past a Wildlife Rehabilitation and Rescue Sanctuary. We figured these folks were probably friends of Steve Irwin. The road was getting better; the hills weren't as steep. We rode into Blanco and stopped at a diner ... read more

Jo and Shawne say... Day: 42 Mileage Today: 61.4 Total Mileage: 1712.55 Flats Today: 0 Total Flats: 44 We woke up at 5:30 am with plans to escape before the rangers showed up for work. We cooked a quick breakfast of top ramen and pancakes with no butter or syrup. As we were putting breakfast away and packing up, we were a bit louder than we needed to be since our neighbors had been loud, boisterous, and drunk all night. We accidentally-on-purpose dropped the cookset several times, and simply had to shake the dew off the tent...four times. Shawne made some loud comments about how rude it is to walk right through someone else's camp to use the restroom. The neighbors started stirring, and as we were finishing packing, they again walked through our camp several ... read more

Jo and Shawne say... Day 39 & 40 November third and fourth, 2006 Two Day Mileage: 3.6 Total Mileage: 1607.65 Flats: 0 Total Flats: 44 When we awoke, we knew that today was chore day. Chug and Sandi let us use their laundry detergent to wash our clothes, so we did all the laundry. Jo ran into town and bought some more groceries, and we walked the banks of the beautiful river, talking of snorkeling if it had been just a little bit warmer. It was dreary and threatened rain for most of the day, though the sun did poke it's head out for a few hours. Jo put her new tires on her bike. We used the internet and updated some of the blog (Thanks, Chug!). Shawne wrote more in the journal, and we headed ... read more

Jo and Shawne say... Mileage Today: 38.8 Total Mileage: 1549.65 Flats Today: 0 Total Flats: 42 Day 37 We slept in, and made the most of our first purchased hotel room. It was a free continental breakfast, so we ate...and ate...and ate some more. Jo had a flat tire before we even left the room. The sun was high, and it was hot and muggy by the time we left the hotel. We'd run into our first bout of humidity yesterday, and we doubt it will stop until we get back to Nevada. We headed to the bike shop, in search of Armadillo tires, which according to other cyclists we've met, are impenetrable. After much discussion, we decided to purchase four new tires for $35.00 each. These tires are a bit wider than the ones we've ... read more

Shawne and Jo say... Day 35 Mileage Today: 62.3 Total Mileage: 1452.6 Flats Today: 2 Total Flats: 40 Tubes Used Today: 2 Total Tubes Used: 8 Tires Used Today: 1 Total Tires Used: 2 After cleaning up camp, we travelled back into town to find a breakfast spot. Most of the buildings were unoccupied and the restaurants we did find were closed. We were afraid it was going to be another gas station breakfast when we spotted a building with a sandwich board on the sidewalk that simply read, "OPEN". A banner across the store front read, "Welcome Hunters", but there was no other signage to indicate what the business was. An old woman waved to us from inside the store, so we decided to check it out. Once inside, we realized it was an eating ... read more