Well, we made it to
El Paso. Dad and I left
Longview Tuesday morning at
6:00 headed for
El Paso via
Austin. It’s a little out of the way, but Dad had a proposal to drop off in
Austin. We made it to
Austin by
10:30, and then spent the afternoon running around there in
Austin. We escaped
Austin around
6ish that evening and headed on. Around
11:30 we reached
Fort Stockton and called it a night. We got up the next morning (Wednesday) and drove 3 more hours to make it here. The afternoon was spent sightseeing and checking out a few of the projects Dad is working on here. Last night Dad and I went to the El Diablos baseball game, a minor league team here in
El Paso.
This morning I got up early and went for a bike ride. I decided to climb the transmountain highway that runs through the Franklin Mountains. I left my aunt and uncle’s house around 7:30, rode 9 miles to the start of the highway and began the climb. From there it was almost 5 miles of climbing to the peak. The maximum elevation was 5280 ft. (which is conveniently 1 mile high).
I rode a little farther to a picnic area that over looked the west side of the mountain, and then I turned around, descended the mountain and then rode back to the house. All in all it was a hard 30 miles. After not riding in a week, it probably wasn’t the smartest move to make that my first ride back, but it was a pretty good one none the less.
Oh, and I got my photo album going today. I put a few El Paso pics up just to test it out and make sure it works. There's a link on my website homepage, or you can just check it out at picasaweb.com/eric.d.rowell
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