Hey, thanks for all the info.

Bicycle trip math.

Got a decision to make. Hang a left into NM to the Ruidoso area and then north through Yellowstone to Great Falls MT - 1,800 miles from here. Desert in NM, big climbs and crowds in CO.

Straight north through Bents Fort, Fort Laramie, Yellowstone, Geat Falls - 1,500 miles. Crossing the High Plains would not bore me.

Be good if I could be done by August 10th, 43 days from now.

43 days x 50 miles/day average = 2,150 potential miles able to cover. But 2,150 miles not guaranteed.

Decisions, decisions.

Either way I’m on Hwy 87 170 miles to Lamesa.

Do you know what 87 looks like?


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