Monthly Archives: March 2021

Day 07 – Willis (rest)

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Spent the day with my good friend Dan from TCU. We first went for “breakfast” as the great yellow painted restaurant that I think was actually named “top burger”. They had some of the most fun sighs decorating the walls. …

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Day 06 – College Station to Willis

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Got up at 3:30 a.m. this morning and was on the road by 4:00 a.m. driving back to College Station. After an uneventful drive I arrived back to the airport around 6:45 a.m. Upon arriving at the airport I loaded …

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Day 05 – Back to Fort Worth

Yesterday I rented a car from College Station airport and drove home arriving around 5 p.m. Had a hankering for steak dinner so I invited my good friend Ron for supper at Outback … yum!!! Today, got up, went to …

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Day 04 – Normangee to College Station

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Fairly sleepless night due to all the road noises. That surprised me for such a small town. Woke up about 5:30 a.m. and walked to a port-a-potty where I changed cloths to my cycling version. Definitely another windbreaker day and …

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Day 03 – Mexia to Normangee

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After a pretty good night’s sleep, got up, packed and hit the road about 6:45 a.m. Another beautiful day but a chill in the air but not enough of a chill for me to get out my warmer clothing. The …

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Day 02 – Waxahachi to Mexia

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Welcome to day 2 of my travels. Admittedly I’m writing this 4 days afterwards so things are not as fresh. I left the hotel at about 6:30 a.m. and found my way out of Waxahachi following google maps voice prompting. …

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Day 01 – Fort Worth to Waxahachie

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Got everything packed the night before and my steed Wildfire is ready to go! I even cleaned the chain 🙂 Ridgeline: See you in a few weeks! I left the house about 6:45 a.m. and started meandering the streets of …

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Trip 3 – Prolog

Well it has been a few years since my 1st bicycling tour. Why trip 3? Well I did do a cycling trip in Europe along the Mosel river using biketours.com. Trip 2 was a self guided 7 day tour where …

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