Day 10, January 14, 2002
Stats
for the day
Distance:
each of us rode 281 KMS/175 MILES from Marathon, Texas to Del Rio, Texas
[can you say LARGE!]
Cumulative
distance for trip: 2136 kms/1327 miles over 10 days
Total
altitude climbed today [i.e. total climbs not including downhills]:
6,760
Calories
expended during ride:JEFF 8244/KEVIN 5827
Weather:
perfect BUT with headwinds in morning and crosswinds in afternoon
Daily inspiration
Each day
Diane Rushton & Jeff's kids Brooklyn and Skylar are sending the team inspirational
messages to start their day.
Read January 14th
inspiration.
Read Jeff, Kevin's comments for the day
Photos
Daybreak near
Marathon. To get the miles in, we needed to start at first light.
Some of the
scenery along the way.
The boys in
front of Pecos Canyon on the way to Del Rio.
Getting water
[with Gatorade] on the go!
Kevin with
his favorite "during ride" food; a plate of Jennifer's homemade "RV brownies".
Sunset over the Amistad Bridge with 20 miles to go to Del Rio [yes we
finished in the dark].
..Today's
weather
..C2C
shirts!
..Jeff's
radio interview
..Kevin's
video
..Kevin,
Jeff, Kenn
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Special
Thanks
We'd
like to thank the Holiday Inn in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico who
graciously gave us free accomodation after our January 10th ride.
We'd like to thank the Super 8 in Silver City, New Mexico who graciously gave us free accomodation after our January 9th ride.
We'd like to thank the Best Western in Arizona, as well as in Texas, who graciously gave us free accomodations after out rides.
Some of the cool support things that are happening along the ride.
Many local
newspaper stories along the way.
2. A camera crew from the TV program "Ride Guide" on Outdoor Life Network
with us for both events. They will be making a TV segment on our two events.
3. Providing daily updates on the website including outline of what we
did and digital pictures along the way.
4. Most important we will be highlighting on our support vehicles and
on our website the person we are riding for during that day.