Day 17 Columbus, NM to El Paseo, TX - It’s great to be riding again!

This was a fairly straight forward ride. Few hills, a slight cross wind, and good cheers all around. I was definitely slower than before my accident, but did well enough. 

The scenery was fairly desolate. No trees or shade, low growing shrubs and lots of Border Patrol  personnel. It turns out we were only a few miles from the Mexico/US border most of the day. Thus, we were able to see the border wall for a significant part of the day. We even saw Border Patrol trucks pulling tires behind them in the sand. A few hours later they would return and look for footprints. If they found any they would look for persons who had crossed illegally.

Here is what the countryside looks like. You can see the wall in the distance. 


Here are the tires that the Border Patrol pull behind their trucks.

The Goat-heads were numerous and lots of folk had flats including me. Mine occurred with 4.5 miles left on a heavily trafficked road in El Paso. Instead of fixing it on the side of that road, I called for a ride to the hotel. Even with the flat it felt good to be riding again!


TodayRide Total
Miles Rode:67.35690.91
Elevation Gain (feet):64021127
Pedaling Time:4:54
Average Speed (mph): 13.7
Maximum Speed (mph)27.1

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