A cold, cold day. We woke up to temps in the 30's. Thank goodness for all my winter wear. We left late, about 9:00 Into a fierce head/side wind. Gusts were up to 30 mph. Ugh. We headed NE towards Alpine only 26 miles alway. Riders struggled just to stay upright. I had The Death Grip on my handlebars. Luckily there was a clean wide shoulder on the road. I rode just to the back and side of Edgar who shielded me from the wind. Thank you, thank you, thank you! We made it all 57 miles although several riders 'sagged' in.
Alpine, home to Sul Ross State Univeristy, is a quaint college town with a lot of character. We stopped at the local bakery and downed hot coffee and muffins. We did have some day-old cinnamon rolls too. That turned out to be our lunch.
About five miles out of Alpine, our route headed SE, into an awesome tailwind. We had less than 20 miles to go and we were flying to Marathon to the local RV park where we are renting. 
Marathon is very, very small but with a great hotel, The Gage. The lobby says Old Texas Money. The grounds are immaculate. We talked to some Texans from Dallas who asked about our
Field trip to Big Bend National Park on Friday!
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