12/18 - to San Angelo

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Blarg, what can I say.

Up and on the road by 5:30 am in Tucson, AZ.

Shut down and getting ready for bed at 10:30 pm in San Angelo State Park, TX.

Long, uneventful, drive.

I saw a *lot* of cops out on the roads. Thankfully I was in drive-safe-fuel-conservative mode, so they were no threat to the Bear.

My initial intent was to get to Balmorhea State Park and campe for the night and then finish the drive Wed. This would have resulted in two 10-ish hour transit days.

With my early start, by the time I got to Balmorhea it was only like 1pm (or 2?) so I decided to see if I could make it to San Angelo before they close the gate for the night.

The kicker of course being the two-part items that a) I'd be 4 hrs from home instead of 8-10, and b) I could ride another MTB trail I've not yet sampled before heading home.

Turns out the park has showers too. As my readers will know by now, the post=ride shower is a GREAT thing to have available, in my opinion.

So that's the plan. Wake up whenever (no alarm), ride, cleanup, yank the trailer on home, collapse.

Peace.

Sunrise over Arizona (again)

Somewhere south-east of Tucson, no clue at the moment.

Hmm. Sandstorm warnings?

Zero visibility possible?

Uh, not when it's all frozen solid (phew)

*phew* - and I thought Clovis TX smelled bad

The meat-collections near Las Cruces seem about as bad. Not surprising, really.

You just *know* Texas needs to do something special to welcome you.

Moonrise over T@B (at some rest stop somewhere east of El Paso)

Cheap sunset shot, cruising towards San Angelo (not on I-10 any more)

And the Final Camp

Crappy night shot, I may replace the pic tomorrow with a daylight one.

And then again, maybe not. We'll see.

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