DAY 14 Van Horn, Texas

After having a good night's sleep, it was another early start today to head off to Van Horn, Texas where we would have a meet/greet and pot luck supper later in the afternoon at the Van Horn Historic Museum.
The weather was again perfect for riding and as the morning progressed, it got warmer and warmer. The ride today consisted of 31 miles of fairly flat and even roads and ended with a surprise two mile vertical climb followed by a two mile descent into Van Horn.  The riders stopped several times along the route to drink water, have snacks, made up of energy bars.  As for me, I followed them with great care, always on the lookout for trucks and other vehicles barreling down the interstate at 80 plus miles/hour.  Tomorrow, we will head southeast to Ft. Davis, Texas on less traveled roads....thank goodness!!!!  We had thought today would be the steep mountains, but that's facing us tomorrow.  I'm just happy to finally get off of I 10.....

We had such a wonderful eve at the Van Horn Historic Museum.  The people there could not have been warmer or friendlier, and the food....out of this world!!!  In fact, one of the dishes was made by a gentleman, Dale Evans (no relation to Roy Rogers!), who made his famous beans with bourbon!!!  Best part is, he never measures his ingredients!!!

The museum itself was such a fantastic find....we could have stayed for many more hours just browsing through all the incredible relics discovered in the many rooms the museum houses.

We want to thank the curators, Nada and Robert Stukey and our host, Sheila Blackenburg, for their wonderful hospitality as well as  all the other guests that truly welcomed us as if we had known them for years.
Tomorrow we have to get a very early start as the bike ride will not be an easy one.

Each day, since we left two weeks ago, has been an incredible adventure...each day bringing a new experience and wonderful new people into the world of SammyRides.

We are thrilled to let everyone know that John Bear will be joining us in Austin to help us complete the ride.  How we will fit John and his luggage into the van will be our biggest challenge!  But we couldn't be happier that he has fully healed and is now up to riding the rest of the way with us.
Until tomorrow in Ft. Davis, Michael, Adolf, Mike and myself, send our love and best wishes to you all!
     Lois