{"id":61,"date":"2007-03-31T16:31:53","date_gmt":"2007-04-01T00:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centraldistrict.net\/nancystraveljounral\/?p=61"},"modified":"2007-03-31T16:31:53","modified_gmt":"2007-04-01T00:31:53","slug":"sanderson-tx-march-31-day-22-54-miles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centraldistrict.net\/nancystraveljournal\/?p=61","title":{"rendered":"Sanderson, TX, March 31-Day 22-54 miles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bobbie Dunham and I shared a&nbsp; room in Marathon, so decided to try a local place for breakfast.&nbsp; The Cottonwood Station, a transformed gas station, was a local favorite.&nbsp; I even saw the dear lady from yesterday&#39;s library visit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/centraldistrict.net\/nancystraveljournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-DSC03385.JPG\" border=\"1\" alt=\"My friend Bobbie at breakfast\" title=\"My friend Bobbie at breakfast\" hspace=\"10\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" align=\"left\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> We had agreed not to leave early, so Robin was just sitting around waiting to 9:30. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/centraldistrict.net\/nancystraveljournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-DSC03390.JPG\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Robin is ready to leave.\" title=\"Robin is ready to leave.\" hspace=\"10\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One of the great things about this trip is the never-ending surprises you see on the road.&nbsp; This cow seems poised for travel.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/centraldistrict.net\/nancystraveljournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-DSC03391.JPG\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Cow on wheels\" title=\"Cow on wheels\" hspace=\"10\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" align=\"left\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As I rode out of town, my thoughts turned to Savannah and the memorial service for Poppa-Lew Towers. Bill and I talked after I arrived in Sanderson.&nbsp; He went to the service and said it was very meaningful.&nbsp; And, he gave Grandma a &quot;Go Nancy Go&quot; shirt.&nbsp; I am carrying the Olympic Cycling medal from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics that he gave me before he died and asked that I take it on this trip. <\/p>\n<p>Not being in a hurry and with no services AT ALL along US 90, several of us stopped by the road to eat our peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.&nbsp; What a view!&nbsp; And there I saw my first Indian paintbrush of the trip.&nbsp; You just can&#39;t see these sites from a car.&nbsp; Linda Lamb, the Indian Paintbrush is in honor of a couple of trips we took together.&nbsp; Fond memories! <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/centraldistrict.net\/nancystraveljournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-DSC03392.JPG\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Donna, Maggie, Anne, Ortrun, and Barb\" title=\"Donna, Maggie, Anne, Ortrun, and Barb\" hspace=\"10\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/centraldistrict.net\/nancystraveljournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumb-DSC03394.JPG\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Indian Paintbrush\" title=\"Indian Paintbrush\" hspace=\"10\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" align=\"left\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our home for the evening is the Outback Oasis Motel.&nbsp; Not exactly the Ritz, but the owners are so gracious. &nbsp; As I am writing this, Kay is teaching Outrun (age 70) to ride with clipless pedals.&nbsp; It is so wonderful to see such support among these women.&nbsp; We are all anxious about the 111-mile trip to Del Rio tomorrow. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bobbie Dunham and I shared a&nbsp; room in Marathon, so decided to try a local place for breakfast.&nbsp; The Cottonwood Station, a transformed gas station, was a local favorite.&nbsp; I even saw the dear lady from yesterday&#39;s library visit.&nbsp; &nbsp; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/centraldistrict.net\/nancystraveljournal\/?p=61\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-61","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cycling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centraldistrict.net\/nancystraveljournal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61","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=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/centraldistrict.net\/nancystraveljournal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centraldistrict.net\/nancystraveljournal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centraldistrict.net\/nancystraveljournal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centraldistrict.net\/nancystraveljournal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}