{"id":49375,"date":"2019-05-18T23:14:29","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T04:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=49375"},"modified":"2019-05-18T23:14:36","modified_gmt":"2019-05-19T04:14:36","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-may-18th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2019\/05\/18\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-may-18th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest May 18th 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Long Beach, CA to St. Augustine, FL via the southern tier<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Tony Olague | www.crazyguyonabike.com<\/h3>\n

San Marco to Austin TX\nWednesday May 15, 2019, 29 miles (47 km) – Total so far: 1,111 miles (1,788 km)\nIt was a short 29 mi to Austin. I rode on the access road that paralleled I-35. On my left was I-35. On my right was mixture of businesses, some track homes, open fields. Occasionally, I would ride over a tiny bridge that would go over a creek.<\/p>\n

I had a sad experience on the ride today. I was coming up to a little bridge that crossed over a creek. From a distance I saw a critter that was low to the ground scurrying across the road. There were a few cars in front of me that saw it and moved over to avoid running it over. When I got closer, I saw that it was a …\n\"\"\/<\/p>\n

Austin TX: Off the bike from May 16-18\nSaturday May 18, 2019\nMy pal Carlos and I are meeting in Austin on the 16th. We plan on riding the rest of the way to Florida together. Our original plan was to ride out on the Saturday, May 18, but we decided to stay an extra day because there was a prediction of bad weather for the area. So far there hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t been any severe weather. But it hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t been …<\/p>\n

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Bike to Work Day 2019 Party<\/a><\/h2>\n

A DUDE ABIKES | adudeabikes.com<\/h3>\n

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Today was Bike to Work Day in Austin as in many cities worldwide. I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make to any of the morning fueling stations or the gathering and speechifying at City Hall. My excuse? I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have a job. Well, aside from the job of being A Dude Abikes, and lemme tell ya\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, it ain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t easy bein\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 me. Or green. Or green me. But I do work my ass off every day, actually, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m just not getting paid for it! I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m either …<\/p>\n

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New Kids on The Block’s Joey McIntyre bikes through town<\/a><\/h2>\n

abc13.com<\/h3>\n

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — New Kids on The Block’s youngest member, Joey McIntyre, visited Houston for The Mixtape Tour and decided to take a moment before their show to just enjoy the scene.<\/p>\n

The singer took a bike ride through Buffalo Bayou and snagged an Instagram worthy shot in-front of some Houston art that reads, "Listen." …<\/p>\n

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Part 2 of Carolyn McEnrue’s exclusive interview with former First Lady Laura Bush<\/a><\/h2>\n

By: Kenneth Lowe | www.conchovalleyhomepage.com<\/h3>\n

SAN ANGELO, Texas – Since returning home to Dallas from Washington — former President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush have stayed busy. Carolyn McEnrue talked with her about some of their current projects when she was here in April for "Laura Bush Presents".<\/p>\n

Laura Bush says: " I love to go for walks. George calls me an urban hiker because I love to walk in all the different parts of Dallas and look at houses of course that’s what I’m interested in…".\n\u00e3\u20ac\u20ac\nAnd, she says she’s also enjoyed yoga classes since returning from Washington.<\/p>\n

"I’ve had a yoga instructor since I moved home from the White House which is one of my good friends recruited a yoga instructor and so we do what we all call laughing yoga — because it’s always a group and we’re not that serious about yoga — but it’s great stretching!"\nDuring his years as president — George W. Bush often went jogging — now he rides a mountain bike. …<\/p>\n

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Video: Austin celebrates Bike to Work Day<\/a><\/h2>\n

by Michelle Vargas | cbsaustin.com<\/h3>\n

Austin kicked-off it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s decade long tradition Bike to Work Day Friday. The citywide initiative is expected to see more than 3,000 people cycling to work and ditching their cars.<\/p>\n

There are 50 businesses throughout the …<\/p>\n

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Solo at Reveille in Texas – The Loneliness Sets in – Dusty Betty Women’s Mountain Biking Video<\/a><\/h2>\n

www.trailforks.com<\/h3>\n