MCGTTX Day 4

After a decent night's rest--the wind woke me up a few times--I was up at 05:00, had some banana bread that Gareth made me take (thank you!), offered some.crumbs to the really big ants that left me alone, and broke camp by 06:00. It was still dark, so it was very slow rolling on FM170.

Twelve miles East, I put in less than a gallon of 87 octane at the Lajitas General Store just to make sure I got all the way to Alpine. (My fuel gauge is out, and Presidio to Alpine would've been about 160 miles--too close.) I usually go through Big Bend National Park, but today I opted for the 75 mph road North to Alpine.

Sunrise was another beauty, popping up over the desert hills faster than I realized. By the time I came across two coyotes playing in the road, it was full daylight. I saw them in plenty of time to slow way down, and didn't hit either despite them acting like squirrels. Right! No, left! No, right! 🤣🤣

The rest of the day was just hightailing from one photo to another, with a couple of pretty cool places, like the Seaquist Home and the Bucees art thing. The latter wasn't where my GPS said it was, so when I saw a cop who had someone pulled over, I stopped about 100 yards in front of them and waited. After the newly ticketed car drove away...slowly...I walked towards the cop as he pulled up and asked him for directions. Turns out I was only a couple of miles short, so I found it soon after. (He did a u-turn, so I bolted 😉.)

The wildlife was out today, but luckily only a raccoon decided to cross the road in front of me tonight, and he was much smarter than the squirrels. And the coyotes 🤣. I also saw, either on, in, or next to the road: cattle, sheep, goats, pronghorn antelope, llama, turkeys, and a roadrunner, which wasn't near the coyotes 🤣.

Anyway, I had planned to sleep by the Abilene HD, but it's in a busy area and lit all around. So I went about six miles further to a Pilot Flying J off I-20 and am camped in the parking lot. The wind is terrible; I'm next to grass and had to stake down the rain cover. I suspect it will wake me up like last night, but I'm really tired, so it may not.

Overall, another good day of riding. Lots of miles down and lots of photos collected.

✌️Læs mere