Pedaling Across the West Texas Mountains
Tumbleweed Smith writes about his riding in the west Texas mountains with his grandson for Tumbleweed’s birthday.
from the Midland Reporter-Telegram
It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time: ride my bicycle through some Texas mountains. My son, Kevin, had been wanting to do it for sometime, too.
We decided to do it, finally, after years of just talking about it. And we decided to do it on my birthday.
On the way to the mountain country, we stopped at Peyton’s Bikes in Midland and picked up some equipment for the trip. I bought a nifty mirror for my handlebars, some bike shorts and a pair of riding gloves.
We decided to make a family vacation out of it. On the afternoon before the ride, six of us checked into the Maverick Inn in Alpine. We swam, relaxed, had a delicious meal and later that evening looked at the stars through powerful telescopes at the McDonald observatory.
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