Day 6: Destination - Killeen, Texas

Starting Mileage: 8624
Ending Mileage: 9483
Miles Traveled: 859
April 18, 2008

Brian went to take more pictures of the bike in the morning because apparently, once again, there was frost/snow on the bike.

After a quick breakfast, we took off from Dulce, New Mexico and headed out to Texas. There were still a lot of fabulous landscapes to view, and it was today that we finally stopped being able to see the Rockies *somewhere* off on the horizon. Brian had wondered if people living in the area could ever get tired of seeing it. The landscape in New Mexico seems more on the dry/brown side but the rock formations were still really cool to see.

We decided to see if we could make it all the way to Killeen, Texas. Brian said it was a long push but Grace was willing to try since two days were already lost and keeping the next few days’ schedules in Texas was pretty critical with reference to timing.

We kept our stops to short breaks…like stopping for gas or to stretch our legs and to eat a granola bar. But we made it to Killeen…859 miles. It was nice to be received by friends after such a long ride.