Day 11- Another Gift- Greetings from Amarillo
September 20th, 2006Can you believe another flat, tailwind day?! We left Clovis, NM and rode 112 miles to Amarillo, TX over only 1000 ft of climbing today. The tailwind again kept everyone moving along at 20-25 MPH easily and 29-32 MPH with some effort at the end. I rode the day with the Aussies and a bit with Reed and Jim from RI. Not much to see along the way besides the state sign and some horses interested in our rest stop near the end of the ride. Tonight we are staying off of I-40 at the Big Texan hotel and restaurant. This restaurant is famous for a challenge where they will give you your dinner for free if you can eat a 72 ounce steak in 1 hour! Some people were talking about taking the challenge. Tomorrow we head into my adopted state of Oklahoma as that’s where I lived for 5 years while attending veterinary school. Anyway, it’s only 20 minutes away from this special dinner so I better finish this post and get organized. Thanks for everyone’s support I receive via e-mail from all over the world- Italy, Australia, Canada, and USA.
Jon, our crew from San Antonio, says “Don’t Mess with Texas!”
Curious horses at our last sag stop outside of Amarillo, TX
Big Texan Restaurant, Hotel, and HORSE Hotel- Amarillo!
A good time at the Big Texan Restaurant; Brett trying the Floyd Landis approach to fast riding for tomorrow morning!