Day 22 Marathon to Sanderson
Today was another great day of riding. 55 miles with a tailwind for the most part and not much climbing. We've been so fortunate with the weather. Cloudy in the morning and only in the mid afternoon the clouds seem to go away and it gets a little toasty, Again a lot of desert but bluffs in the distance that made for a beautiful setting.
We had a real scare today only we didn't know it until it was over. Ellen had lost her rear axle. It holds the back wheel on. It came out while we were riding. Ellen rode it for 14 miles until we came to the rest stop. Ray spotted he rear axle and knew it was a bike part. He called Mickey and she drove back to the rest stop and had Krash check every bike that came in. It was off of Ellen's bike. Couch went back to retrieve it from Ray so Krash could take care of it. We were going down hills 20-30 miles and hour and what a tragedy that would have been had her back wheel came off. But It's All Good!
We went to The Ranch House for lunch in Sanderson before going to the school where we are staying in the gym. Welcome to Sanderson where the waitress is packing heat. Good food but there was only one waitress so Beth, one of our staff started helping her out. One of the posters at the restaurant showed a smoking gun with caption that reads " We don't call 911!"
On their menu it states
Business Hours
"We open most days about 11 or 12
Occasionally about 10, but some days as late as 12 noon
We close about 7 or 8
Occasionally about 6 or 7 but sometimes as late as 9 or 10
Some days or afternoons we aren't here at all and lately we'be been here about all the time except when we're someplace else but we should have been here then too." Too funny!!
The senior mothers cooked us a great meal of beef brisket, beans, rice and every kind of salad you can think of. Then came the desserts - many of them but my favorite is the flan. The boys were introduced to us and we all asked questions about their plans for after graduation. A bunch of really nice boys.
Then we had the director of the border patrol for this county speak to us. I think everyone has a much better idea of what not only goes on for the border patrol but what the illegal folks coming across go through. Brazilians make up a large part of the illegals coming across in this county. Each county has different illegals from other countries for no other reason than the locations of the borders and where their journey begins. They have to go through Mexico to get to the border to enter the United States. He said when there is a full moon they know they can have hundreds trying to make it over the border and they work sometimes 24 hours at a time. There is so much to write about on this subject but will stop for now. About 20% are women. He also offered a tour of the BP office but I decided not to go although a lot of the riders went.
We had a real scare today only we didn't know it until it was over. Ellen had lost her rear axle. It holds the back wheel on. It came out while we were riding. Ellen rode it for 14 miles until we came to the rest stop. Ray spotted he rear axle and knew it was a bike part. He called Mickey and she drove back to the rest stop and had Krash check every bike that came in. It was off of Ellen's bike. Couch went back to retrieve it from Ray so Krash could take care of it. We were going down hills 20-30 miles and hour and what a tragedy that would have been had her back wheel came off. But It's All Good!
We went to The Ranch House for lunch in Sanderson before going to the school where we are staying in the gym. Welcome to Sanderson where the waitress is packing heat. Good food but there was only one waitress so Beth, one of our staff started helping her out. One of the posters at the restaurant showed a smoking gun with caption that reads " We don't call 911!"
On their menu it states
Business Hours
"We open most days about 11 or 12
Occasionally about 10, but some days as late as 12 noon
We close about 7 or 8
Occasionally about 6 or 7 but sometimes as late as 9 or 10
Some days or afternoons we aren't here at all and lately we'be been here about all the time except when we're someplace else but we should have been here then too." Too funny!!
The senior mothers cooked us a great meal of beef brisket, beans, rice and every kind of salad you can think of. Then came the desserts - many of them but my favorite is the flan. The boys were introduced to us and we all asked questions about their plans for after graduation. A bunch of really nice boys.
Then we had the director of the border patrol for this county speak to us. I think everyone has a much better idea of what not only goes on for the border patrol but what the illegal folks coming across go through. Brazilians make up a large part of the illegals coming across in this county. Each county has different illegals from other countries for no other reason than the locations of the borders and where their journey begins. They have to go through Mexico to get to the border to enter the United States. He said when there is a full moon they know they can have hundreds trying to make it over the border and they work sometimes 24 hours at a time. There is so much to write about on this subject but will stop for now. About 20% are women. He also offered a tour of the BP office but I decided not to go although a lot of the riders went.
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