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<\/a><\/p>\nOut usual morning gathering as all last minute tasks are taken care of . . . you can see Margie in the back checking her bike . . .<\/p>\n
. . . only to find out the tire was flat due to two goathead thorns!! Dan helped by \u2018calling it in\u2019!<\/p>\n The girls were so tired form changing the tire they had to take a cat nap in the boys room. Gina is up to her usual antic’s even at 8:00am!!!!<\/p>\n Mark had the breakfast sandwich which with potatoes might be enough for the whole day . . .<\/p>\n . . . my pork scramble may not have been as pretty . . .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n . . .\u00a0 but as you can see, the , had about every kind of pork one can imagine. A REAL Iowa thing!!!<\/p>\n On the way out of town we stopped at a Mexican supermarket.\u00a0 Just like the Supermacharo\u2019s in MSN, the sweets are right by the front door!!!<\/p>\n Assorted peppers by the pound!!<\/p>\n Saw this old billboard on the way out of town. Evidently the concept didn’t quite catch on . . .<\/p>\n Rain . . cold . . . wind . . . I want my Smoochie !!!!<\/p>\n We stopped in Faben for lunch, at Pa\u2019s Famous Burgers, celebrating their 30th Anniversary.<\/p>\n Everyone pulled off their wet clothes and tried to dry off and warm up.<\/p>\n We met a pair for riders heading to FL, too. They are from Kent, England.<\/p>\n One of our friends from MI head out towards Ft Hancock . . .<\/p>\n . . . as did the other two.<\/p>\n The water in this area must be REALLY bad. This small town had four of these water kiosks around town. 25 cents\/gallon or 5 gallons for $1 !!!<\/p>\n Of course\u00a0 . . . if you wanted a few \u2018additives\u2019 in your water you could go next store!!<\/p>\n Was the weather starting to take it toll???<\/p>\n Linda buys her new best little friend Lynndae a ring from the middle machine.<\/p>\n Dirty legs contest, from wet road grime, at Pa\u2019s Famous Burgers!!! I bet they were happy when we finally left.<\/p>\n No one wanted to leave until we were warm, so we made an excuse to crowd into the kitchen for a photo with Nancy, the head chef. It was toasty in front of the flattop.!!!<\/p>\n You can easily see into Mexico on today\u2019s ride. mmmmmmmmmmmmm . . . did we run out of fence money again? It stopped here, right in the middle of the desert!<\/p>\n One could easily see the spires of the local church in Praxedis G. Guerrero, located right across the border.<\/p>\n Downtown Ft Hancock\u00a0 . . . not much left.<\/p>\n Our MI friends beat us to the Ft Hancock Motel, the only one in town, and were already cleaning the Grime off their bikes.<\/p>\n We\u2019ll be eating at Angie\u2019s tonight, the only restaurant in town. I check and she is open until 9:00pm . . . but said she might close at 8:30am. We\u2019ll be their at 6:00pm!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We all woke with no hangovers . . .yippee!!! We are only about a 1\/4 of the way into the city, so much of the day would be urban riding just getting out of the 600,000 populated city of El Paso. 50% change of rain predicted with strong, 9-14 mph winds, and gusts to 25mpg … Continue reading Day 17<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n