Fort Hancock to Van Horn
Everyone else wanted to ride the shoulder of I-10 but I wasn’t doing that when there is another option.
Meandered around following the map and had to get on I-10 for a bit. Then onto a road that paralleled the highway.
Climbed up to a plateau and stopped for lunch at Sierra Blanca. Pretty legit Mexican food.
Had a very strong tailwind the rest of the day. Didn’t have to ride along the highway for awhile.
Eventually got on the highway and things got sketchy. The shoulder was fine but there were multiple construction sites. One blocked the right hand lane and shoulder completely. It was downhill but we were still only doing 35 mph. So we went into the construction area between the barrels. There ended up being 5 or so 1 foot trenches cut across the road. I bunny hopped the first one then rolled across some 1 foot wide plates they had across the rest. Pretty surprised I could pull that off on a fully loaded touring bike. Nick bunny hopped all of them and chris stopped before them. Shook me up really bad but luckily we arrived in Van Horn. The woman at the liquor store asked if I was alright.
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