Good people day

We had some trouble getting out of ft. Clark yesterday. First it
rained hard during the night so everything was wet. Then we met a
lovely chap named Les who was so excited to talk to us about our trip.
He and his wife come over twice a year to stay with some friends on
the Fort. Les had heard about the cross country bikers but we were the
first he had met. He even wanted our autographs. Then brian had his
first flat since el paso. We finally go off the fort at 11:30 but we
had to stop and get stuff for lunch as there was nothing for 50 miles.
So about noon we thought we were finally off but then we ran into
another talkative guy on a motorcycle. He had done two of the
adventure cycling routes on pedal bike and was now doing parts of the
southern route, that we are on, via motorcycle. So finally at 12:30 we
are finally leaving town. Was a nice day for riding and the scenery
was actually very different, which was nice. We rolled into the town
of Camp Wood about 5:20 or so and after much deliberation we decided
to call it a day. It was 20 miles to the next town with a big climb
and the cafe in Camp Wood had milkshakes. We had a nice dinner,
including said milkshakes, and started trying to figure out where to
camp. All the schoolsare on spring break so we thought maybe there but
we had turned into a driveway for the hill country inn. They had a lot
of grass and even some picnic tables so we thought we would ask if we
could camp. There was no office, just a number to call. Not only did
they let us camp for free but they opened one of the rooms so we could
use the bathroom. Amazingly nice. Today we will see what the Texas
hill country is all about. Thanks to Peggy and Joe Norton for
sponsoring us! Everyone have a great Monday.

joe