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| Day 16: Tucumcari, NM to Amarillo, TX (125 miles). The first 'long mileage day. Everyone except the most 'confident' riders were scurrying about trying to get on the road ASAP. |
The frontage road to Texas affords some wonderful serene riding - despite the I-40 roaring just over yonder. |
Anurang stokered on Lon's TwinAir tandem - which was a bit too small for him, and he didn't care for the characteristic bouncy ti-beam ride either. |
Scott Alperin is a dental surgeon and a Bike Friday owner too! In fact, he takes his Friday on his private plane. "I get to stay in shape wherever I am." |
In the ghost town of Glen Rio we encountered the ghost of Scott Alperin... |
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| Franz and Reed were the first over the NM-TX border - on the frontage road. |
The NM-TX border on the frontage road is marked by the first motel and cafe in Texas. |
The Glen Rio ghost town even has stores with things still standing in the windows. |
Leon van Zweel now has a great story for his family back in Pretoria, South Africa. |
We found this battered manual on payroll taxes and bad debts etc .. wonder if this explains the demise of the Glen Rio border town, now a ghost town. |
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| The Scottish travelers are always leapfrogging us! See www.perth2perth2perth.org |
Welcome to Texas! Home of Dubya. |
Gary Bass has crossed this border three times now! |
Lon and Anurang cross into Texas on the Bike Friday TwinAir tandem. |
Bruce Fields stops to smell the thistles, and finds all kinds of treasures on the hard shoulder, including this wrench. |
