Molly and I completed our 19th day of cycling in Texas this afternoon. We have now rolled 783 miles! The wildflowers have been amazing, and each day via my daily bike diary it seems I find a new flower and post a photograph.

The birds have been fun, but quite frankly when one needs to bike 40 to 55 miles in a day, unless the birds almost insist I take a photograph … I just roll on by and enjoy the sights. Today a Dickcissel and Western Kingbird did insist they wanted their photograph taken!

Here are two unique photographs. I am kissing the pavement! One might ask why? While most days we experience good shoulders and routings due to my advance research, there are days where you wish one could get in a car. Two days ago we had horrible crumbling pavement with non existent shoulders plus a quartering headwind. Did I mention the the route included some decent hills? I was a very happy camper when at 35 miles into that day’s ride we entered a new county and Eureka! Smooth beautiful big shoulders!

Answering the question of where we are now … 783 miles and 19 days into our tour … a small town named after President Madison.