Coast 2 Coast - Day 24 - Kerrville to Blanco

Texas Hill Country

(Anne prefers hills to headwinds)

When doing hills on a bicycle, one can be an optimist or a pessimist.

An optimist will see an uphill and realize that it will be followed by a downhill. A pessimist will see a downhill and realize that it will be followed by an uphill.

Since we go down these Texas hills at about 25 mph, and then up these Texas hills at about 5 mph (they're steep!) that means that we spend 5 times as much time on uphills as on downhills.

Anyhow, Anne agrees that doing hills is better than trying to ride into a headwind, as a headwind never quits.

Our day today started with a bit of a headwind, but between changes in the wind and changes in our direction (generally eastward, but with variations) the wind was never a problem.

So we got to see more of the ranches and farms of Texas:

For our SAG stop and lunch, we stopped near the Sister Creek Vineyard in Sisterdale. In addition to the vineyard there was some interesting artifacts by the side of the road:

And then, for the next 26 miles, it was hill after hill after hill...

The good thing about the uphills is that you are going slow, and often stop at the top, so we saw many interesting things, including the usual livestock, a fawn at a wildlife rescue ranch, and a self portrait as well:

It was a long day, but a good day.

Overall we did 59.8 miles at an average speed of 10.7 mph, with a maximum of 34 mph. We had no flats and no Texas dogs.