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I dry camped at Felt so I had to conserve my water a bit. Started out the day with 2 liters which I figured would be plenty for 35 miles. But right away the headwind was pretty brutal again. I made slow but eventual progress.
I stopped first at the tri state point of Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. Afterward my route had me going on quite a bit of pavement through Texas. I decided to skip it and made up a shortcut on the fly. I took the road I was on west and found a southbound gravel road that led directly to Texline where I could get back on route.
I decided to press on to Clayton without stopping because options were better there. I was pretty thirsty when I pulled into the Subway. I drank an obscene amount of soda here. I even filled up my bottles with water from a faucet right out in front. I also stopped at the grocery store because this would be my last store stop for 115 miles or so in Trinidad, CO. A lady walking into the store told me to be careful out in the heat. By now the temperature was in the upper nineties.
My route turned north and plus the.wind shifted so I had a tailwind. Plus the road was paved and actually rolling hills appeared. So nice to go downhill.
Eventually I arrived at Clayton Lake State Park. While buying a day pass online, sitting at a bench at the visitors center since no one was there, I saw a guy stop his truck in the road right where I was. He opened his door and tossed something on the pavement. I thought it was ice. When I went to leave I saw that it was plate glass like from a car window. It was in a billion pieces and all over the road. Dude had already left the park. I eventually wandered around and found workers at the maintenance shed. Told them what happened and they were just as confused as I was. Weird.
I rode over to the dinosaur tracks. I was blown away. 50+ very distinct large dinosaur prints were right there preserved in the sandstone. There was a nice boardwalk with interpretative signs explaining everything which was a big help. Some were so obvious they needed no explanation though. Totally worth the visit.
I decided to wait out the heat a bit here and try to drink up because I had a 100 miles to Trinidad without water possibly. Eventually a little raincloud showed up as I left with 6.5 liters of water, and hoped that would be enough.
The raincloud followed me for 20 miles and actually drizzled occasionally. Kept the sun off me and the heat down. It was great. The pavement ran out and I was greeted by a sign that the next 35 miles were curvy and may not be passable in inclement weather. The terrain was rolling and the road was pretty rough. Very washboarded in a lot of places. Views gradually went from prairie to huge rocky knolls and hills all around me.
I wanted to make it to a spot my two TAT riders friends had told me about, near the border with CO. It took forever. I was getting pretty tired at the end. But eventually I climbed up out of the canyon I had been riding in for the past couple of hours to the campsite I was told about. It's just a patch of open range a short distance off the road.
By: | WTR4 |
Started in: | Cimarron County, OK, US |
Distance: | 106,6 mi. |
Selected: | 106,6 mi. |
Elevation: | + 5396 / - 3914 ft |
Moving Time: | 08:44:47 |
Gear: | 2020 Lynskey GR300 |
Page Views: | 37 |
Departed: | 9 jul 2021 07:41 |
Starts in: | Cimarron County, OK, US |
Distance: | 106,6 mi. |
Selected distance: | 106,6 mi. |
Elevation: | + 5396 / - 3914 ft |
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Total Duration: | 13:21:08 |
Selection Duration: | 48068 |
Moving Time: | 08:44:47 |
Selection Moving Time: | 08:44:47 |
Stopped Time: | 04:36:21 |
Calories: | 5440 |
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Avg Watts: | 174 |
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Max Speed: | 47,4 mph |
Avg Speed: | 12,2 mph |
Pace: | 00:07:30 |
Moving Pace: | 00:04:55 |
Max HR: | 159 bpm |
Min HR: | 74 bpm |
Avg HR: | 119 bpm |
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Zone 1: | 3 Uren 37 minuten |
Zone 2: | 1 Uur 52 minuten |
Zone 3: | 10 minuten |
Zone 4: | 0 minuten |
Zone 5: | 0 minuten |
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