June 2009

Palacios TX

We had more hills on this section and we had alternating head and side winds all day, along with our usual really high heat and humidity. We had one short and somewhat steep, but pretty, bridge to cross, and lots of crops along the way, especially the closer we got to Palacios (puh-lash-us). Our first …

Palacios TX Read More »

Wadsworth TX

We hit hills on this stretch! Granted they weren’t too big, but I was so shocked I couldn’t quite process it at first. We did climb steadily the whole ride, along with the few real hills. We had awful heat and humidity and headwinds again, and despite the boost we’d gotten from Bill and Sheila, …

Wadsworth TX Read More »

Brazoria TX

It’s amazing how fast our luck turned when we left Angleton. Rather than head down the road immediately, we backtracked to a Wal-Mart, figuring our food money would go a lot farther, and we’d have better choices than in convenience stores. Our decision added about three hours or more to our day, and added at …

Brazoria TX Read More »

Angleton TX

We can’t be right all the time, I guess, and Chelsea and I do have a very good percentage of being right on assessing people. Our big mistake in going to Angleton was not listening to ourselves when we heard our little internal voices talking to us. We spent a full eight days honoring our …

Angleton TX Read More »

Surfside TX

As delighted as we were to have a space to stay, it was obvious immediately that Frankie and Allie, our hosts, had started celebrating Friday night before we arrived. It was not their first glasses of wine or rum and coke. We had great fun though; they were as nice as could be, asking questions …

Surfside TX Read More »

Scroll to Top