Fort Davis to Marathon, TX 3/24

Easiest and nicest day of riding yet. Left Ft. Davis in sunshine and Dawn only had on 3 layers of shirts/jackets, 1 pair of gloves and socks. She still had Denise's ear warmers under her helmet for the first few miles. Oh, short bike pants under long ones, so still not too hot. Mike however was in a tank top and shorts by the end of 4 miles. Upon leaving the town of Fort Davis, we discovered that there actually was a town - not just the fort. As we left on bikes we rode past quaint, old hotels, shops, the court house and many other old buildings that would have been interesting to see. We cruised along Old Texas Hwy 118. Had a 42 mph downhill - how fun is that?!! and not much uphill. I rode the first 30 miles to the town of Alpine - looked like a cute town, but I didn't get to see it as we had to fill both the motor home and car w/gas which shouldn't be a problem, but they were connected and the gas tanks are on opposite sides. After Mike pulled off vehicle gymnastics, he, Denise and Russ left to ride the remaining 30 miles to Marathon, averaging over 20 mph because they had a very strong tail wind for a change. The tail wind hasn't quit all night. It's 11 p.m. and I'm surprised Russ and Denise haven't fled the tent for the motor home. Maybe the tent has blown away w/them in it. I asked someone today when the wind would quit and their answer was "you're in Texas!"