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Monday, March 24, 2008

Rest Day in Las Cruces





Las cruces really is a cool town. Without fail every person i have met while here has been uncommonly friendly. The old town here is really cool as well with a lot of history.

Well, I am two weeks into my trip and I feel that I have gotten a lot of the kinks worked out and for the most part, have gotten through the learning curve of cycle touring. I am by no means an expert, but I do feel that I have the basics down and am comfortable with the process. From here forward, I feel that everything will be fine tuning.

The thing I find myself liking most about this type of adventure is the total freedom that i feel. I have no ties holding me back to anything. Every time i get on that bike with the open road ahead of me leading to a world of limitless possibilities knowing that each day is my own to do with as I please, it just puts a smile on my face. I really feel like i have cut loose from the rat race and am my own man now. It is a really good feeling.

Tomorrow I will be heading north i think to check out the white sands national monument and up to Alamogordo. I was going to head south through El Paso but i want to get a change of scenery and to go my own way. The mountains that I will pass through will be really cold, down to 20 degrees at night, but i think it will be worth it for the beautiful scenery. I will just have to make sure my water doesn't freeze!

3 comments:

Zee said...

Hey Reece, love the new pictures~ glad to hear you are meeting nice people along the way.

Mark@lenox said...

enjoying your trip vicariously. Keep it up.

Mark W

Anonymous said...

Reece! How awesome are you! Seriously this is the trip that everyone would talk about doing but no one would do. I love it, Im going to share it with my students when they start to complain about something being too tough! ha Stay safe and keep up the posts, I love to read them!

<3Michelley