Make up day

We had thought we would only go the 31 miles to marathon. It was cold,
there was ice in the morning, and there wasn't anything after marathon
for 55 miles. The 31 to marathon went quickly and while at lunch we
thought it wouldn't be much fun to sit around in the cold for 5 hours
until it got dark and there wasn't much else going on in the town of
452. So I made a call to a motel in sanderson (55 miles away) $35 the
man said and we were off. 4 hoursish later we rolled into sanderson
Texas having gone 86 miles (biggest day yet)in the cold, we had made
up for the short day the day before and the comforts of the Budget inn
kept us out of the below freezing temps for another night. Looks like
we have one more day of this cold front, and today we will cover 60
miles and will be spending the night in our tents, since there will be
no other options where we are heading. Soon I'm sure we will be
complaining about the heat and be back to working on our tans but at
least for today we will be bundled up and pedaling to keep warm. Happy
Friday!

joe