As you all may have seen or heard on the news Texas is getting some weather! As we mulled our options in Del Rio things were not looking good; 3-6 inches of rain were to fall on the greater San Antonio area in the form of thunderstorms. San Antonio was 150+ miles out still and the headwinds that had been plaguing us hadn't shifted. We knew we needed fuel for our bodies. A quick search of local restaurants and we had a clear winner. The next 5 pictures will document the "culinary" journey that I traveled to fuel the ride to San Antonio.
When we awoke and cracked our hotel blinds we expected the worst. What we were greeted with were partially cloudy skies! Unfortunately the wind was still whipping as we could see by the Lone Star Flag fully unfurled and pointing west.
With heavy rain still forecast for the afternoon we get on our steel steads and headed into the wind. 73 miles later and about 6000 calories each we made it to Uvalde! The rain luckily still held off (it was all falling on Houston).
Feeling great we drifted into sleep with dreams of San Antonio and tailwinds.
The next day of riding was filled with uncertainly as we watched the radar and kept pedaling into the winds. Still unsure of where we would rest our heads for the night we arrived in Castroville, a mere 23 miles from San Antonio. We locked in a place to stay in West San Antonio thanks to a previous Warm Showers host (thanks David!!). As we pushed towards our final destination, the skies got even darker and we finally had some serious rain to contend with. With refuge taken beneath underpasses and thunder clapping around us our nerves were on edge. Only a flat tire and a pit stop at a gas station to pick up some Lone Star and Texas wine for our hosts.
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| Cindy and James were very generous! |
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| The section of Riverwalk by our host's apartment. |
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| We'll remember the Alamo |
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| Pioneer flour mill tower reflected along the Riverwalk |
Our ride out of San Antonio relied on Google bike directions and for once Google did pretty well. A combination of bike paths, parks, and city streets took us from downtown out of the city. A 55 mile day took us as far as San Marcos. A bustling and growing college town of 55,000 (100,000 with students) complete with an awesome Warm Showers host! Matt is fixing up a old house to create the first hostel in San Marcos. We really look forward to returning! We were the first pushpins on his world map mural.
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| Sarah and I cycling along the Riverwalk in the morning |
Even though San Antonio/Austin was sparred from the worst of the rain we still had to deal with some very un-desert like conditions. To Austin!!
-WJT
Sounds like you guys are having an awesome adventure, wishing you good weather!!
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