{"id":1162,"date":"2017-06-10T19:03:28","date_gmt":"2017-06-11T02:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/?p=1162"},"modified":"2017-06-10T19:03:28","modified_gmt":"2017-06-11T02:03:28","slug":"brackettville-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/brackettville-tx\/","title":{"rendered":"Brackettville, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Del
Looks like a slight warming trend, but fortunately, I’ll be going into the hill country.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The ride today was easier than I thought it would be. It did not include the steep hill, which is actually tomorrow. Today was a constant push into headwind, but with overcast skies. It seemed quick, and I didn’t even use a full bottle of water, but it took 5 hours to go 34 miles to Brackettville.<\/p>\n

\"Kyle
About 20 miles into the day, there was a picnic area. Kyle was there, so I dropped by to say hello. Turns out that this former Marine was going on a tour himself, in the opposite direction – from Tampa, FL to Sequoia National Park, CA. He was taking a month off work to do it, and had his truck all outfitted so that he could sleep in the back if he wanted.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Florida
Kyle had to get to Del Rio to turn in a paper (online), but before he left, he gave me a Praline from Florida. It looks like peanut brittle, but he said it was kind of like caramel. I gave him my last package of dried Jack (fish). From here on out, I’ll be using the local beef jerky as my emergency protein source.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"terrain
A couple miles from Brackettville. The altitude has not changed much, but I must now be on the windward side of the mountains. There is a lot more water, meaning green grass, and taller trees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Ziggy's
In Brackettville, I had lunch at Ziggy’s Roadside BBQ.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"
Combo #1 was a brisket sandwich, chips, and drink for $8. It was really good. Thanks for the advice, Bill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"tent
Across the street was historic Fort Clark, which had both motel rooms and an RV park on site. There were several reunions, so the motel was full. I got a tent site for $12. I oriented my tent so that the wind will blow through it. Although the temperature was in the 90’s in the afternoon, I have confidence that it will cool by evening.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"
In some ways, this RV park is better than a motel. There is wi-fi, and a large air-conditioned day room with tables that are better for working than the typical motel room. There are also bathrooms and showers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"stripes
I went back into town to get dinner at Stripes gas station. I got the Chicken Fajita plate for $4.69, which included 2 sides. There were flies throughout the store, and few landing on the food, lending that authentic 3rd world feel to the place. I also had a small cup of fruit from the fruit bar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When I changed tires yesterday, I put the front wheel on backwards, so the cyclometer wasn’t working. Also, I haven’t yet calibrated to the 700×35 tires, which should have a larger circumference than the previous 700×32.<\/p>\n

Miles today: 41 (estimate)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The ride today was easier than I thought it would be. It did not include the steep hill, which is actually tomorrow. Today was a constant push into headwind, but with overcast skies. It seemed quick, and I didn’t even use a full bottle of water, but it took 5 hours to go 34 miles … Continue reading Brackettville, TX<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[17],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pididu.com\/wordpress\/bike2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}