Ozona, Texas is where" History Hangs Its' Hat! The entrance to town is graced with a very nice Chamber of Commerce building and park area.
We spent the day in Ozona, Texas attending worship, reading, relaxing, planning the next week and doing some bike maintenance.
Enjoyed this sight of wild turkeys crossing a lawn near our motel.
We worshiped at a Methodist church contemporary type service. The Youth Pastor/local English teacher led the service since the Pastor was attending a conference. Not only was she an excellent song leader, but her message on Matthew 20 was very well done. Lots of interest as to why a couple from Washington was visiting their community/church, and they were very interested in learning about a ride by bike across America.
Following the service we drove around the community to make sure we took in all of the tributes to Davy Crockett and any other points of interest. We also had lunch at the local Dairy Queen.
We have now laid out the rest of the route across Texas, and to the best of my ability to calculate, we should be exiting Texas on September 30. Hopefully, we will be in De Ridder, Louisiana on September 30. For those of you that have had the names of the communities we had planed to stay, certainly have recognized we have made many modifications to the planned route. Most of these adjustments have been made after talking with local people in various communities we have visited. So far the advice of the local people have not steered us wrong. In most cases they have suggested not taking some of the very rural roads I had planned, because they lack shoulders on which to ride and even water not being available.
Spent some time trying to figure out what caused all of the flats yesterday. The first flat was caused by a bad valve and was a very easy fix. Second flat by a very thin piece of wire stuck into the side of the wheel casing, and I am pretty sure flat number three was caused by another one of the spines from a Texas Thistle. So after some repairing, I have three spare tubes and when we get to the next community with a bike shop; we will pick up another half dozen tubes just to be safe. In most cases it takes about 15 minutes to check out and repair a flat tire. Pumping up the tire to 120 psi with a little hand pump that I carry on the bike is the toughest part of the tire-fixing ordeal.
We worshiped at a Methodist church contemporary type service. The Youth Pastor/local English teacher led the service since the Pastor was attending a conference. Not only was she an excellent song leader, but her message on Matthew 20 was very well done. Lots of interest as to why a couple from Washington was visiting their community/church, and they were very interested in learning about a ride by bike across America.
Following the service we drove around the community to make sure we took in all of the tributes to Davy Crockett and any other points of interest. We also had lunch at the local Dairy Queen.
We have now laid out the rest of the route across Texas, and to the best of my ability to calculate, we should be exiting Texas on September 30. Hopefully, we will be in De Ridder, Louisiana on September 30. For those of you that have had the names of the communities we had planed to stay, certainly have recognized we have made many modifications to the planned route. Most of these adjustments have been made after talking with local people in various communities we have visited. So far the advice of the local people have not steered us wrong. In most cases they have suggested not taking some of the very rural roads I had planned, because they lack shoulders on which to ride and even water not being available.
Spent some time trying to figure out what caused all of the flats yesterday. The first flat was caused by a bad valve and was a very easy fix. Second flat by a very thin piece of wire stuck into the side of the wheel casing, and I am pretty sure flat number three was caused by another one of the spines from a Texas Thistle. So after some repairing, I have three spare tubes and when we get to the next community with a bike shop; we will pick up another half dozen tubes just to be safe. In most cases it takes about 15 minutes to check out and repair a flat tire. Pumping up the tire to 120 psi with a little hand pump that I carry on the bike is the toughest part of the tire-fixing ordeal.
Tomorrow it is off to Junction, Texas via Sonora and points of interest in between.
2 comments:
Praise the Lord for your anniversary and that you are still around to count your blessings for what God has done for you. I love that your bride of 42 years is still able to come to your aid or should I rephrase that, she wants to still come you your aid!
Congrats for your progress in both miles and years traveled with the bride of your youth.
We love you,
Lieuwens
Welcome to Texas. I enjoyed reading your post about Ozona. Enjoy your ride across our big state.
Rick Ankrum
www.texbiker.net
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