{"id":57,"date":"2007-03-29T08:52:49","date_gmt":"2007-03-29T16:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centraldistrict.net\/nancystraveljounral\/?p=57"},"modified":"2007-03-29T08:52:49","modified_gmt":"2007-03-29T16:52:49","slug":"van-horn-tx-march-27-day-18-74-miles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centraldistrict.net\/nancystraveljournal\/?p=57","title":{"rendered":"Van Horn, TX-March 27-Day 18-74 miles"},"content":{"rendered":"

We left Ft. Hancock just after daybreak because we had a long ride.  We rode along a "farm" road for quite some time.  Farm roads are paved, but not very smooth.  After that we alternated between frontage roads and I-10.  The frontage road was a "shake and bake" with a gradual climb, quite a struggle.  Border patrol vehicles were everywhere. At this checkpoint, all east-bound traffic had to stop for inspection.  Some of our folks were still riding on I-10 and were stopped by a border patrol with a dog.  "Are you American citizens?"  They didn't have to say much for him to know they were legal! <\/p>\n

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At Sierra Blanca, it as time for lunch again.  We found "the place"-a horse motel, truck stop and favorite restaurant of law enforcement.  So we knew we were at the best place in town.  Polly, the second picture is for you.<\/p>\n

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We rode for about 19 miles on a frontage road on the west side for a while, then had to cross I-10 to get in the east-bound lane.  Rather than cross at a gravel crossing, we elected to try the culvert.  It was safe, but very muddy inside.  My bike needed a serious cleaning at the end of the day in Van Horn!<\/p>\n

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The ride on into Van Horn was uneventful.  We stayed at a Best Western in Van Horn.  Nothing to write home about, but at least we were all on the first floor, very important when you have a bicycle and luggage to manage. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We left Ft. Hancock just after daybreak because we had a long ride.  We rode along a "farm" road for quite some time.  Farm roads are paved, but not very smooth.  After that we alternated between frontage roads and I-10.  … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cycling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centraldistrict.net\/nancystraveljournal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centraldistrict.net\/nancystraveljournal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centraldistrict.net\/nancystraveljournal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centraldistrict.net\/nancystraveljournal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centraldistrict.net\/nancystraveljournal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/centraldistrict.net\/nancystraveljournal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centraldistrict.net\/nancystraveljournal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centraldistrict.net\/nancystraveljournal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centraldistrict.net\/nancystraveljournal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}