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Fluffy towels in Langtry

January 4th, 2012

Ken spends a night in a trailer – a caravan – in Langtry…

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Spam, coffee and the Watchtower

January 3rd, 2012

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A perfect Sabbath coffee stop? Half a tin of Spam, left from lunch, and a copy of The Watchtower, found rolled up amongst the rafters of the roadside picnic shelter.

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Amongst the rafters

January 3rd, 2012

Making a brief stop in the desert, Ken notices a couple of rolled up magazines in the rafters of the picnic shelter…

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Depressed Dryden

January 3rd, 2012

Dryden wasn’t quite a ghost town. Yet. Boarded up cafes. Closed gas station. What might once have been a small motel. Just two stores, of sorts, remaining. The first reminded me of Eastern Europe. Shelves with just a few tins. A man huddling besides a portable stove. Small hungry looking dog for company. Behind the counter a camp bed. There’d once been a cafe inside.

Across the street another shop. Sweet smell of hay bales stacked up outside. Inside stock on the shelves. Hesitated for a while. Wanted a decent lunch but didn’t want the expense of lots of ingredients that might go to waste. Settling eventually for a tin of Spam and some Ritz crackers. Eating half contents, the remainder for dinner that evening. Mixed with some instant mash. Culinary splendor.

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Dull stop in Dryden

January 3rd, 2012

Dryden. Only stop on a sixty mile stretch of desert road between Sanderson and Langtry..

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Daylight robbery

January 3rd, 2012

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On the road between Sanderson and Langtry, Texas

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Baxter’s Curve

January 3rd, 2012

Ken discovers he’s not the only one to have found trains to be the sole source of excitement in the desert..

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Sunrise in Sanderson

January 3rd, 2012

Having arrived after dark, Ken gets to see a little of Sanderson in daylight… Struggles a bit with Christmas decorations in the desert..

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Deceptive distances in the desert

January 2nd, 2012

In the desert distances can be very deceptive, as Ken explains. Often a bit dull, the odd train lends a little excitement..

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Marathon lunch

January 2nd, 2012

Small cafe in Marathon. I’d been invited to pop some comments in a spiral bound visitors book. I’d obliged. But first intrigued as to who else had come this way. Plenty of Germans. Quite a few Finns. And a smattering of cyclists. Relatively straightforward to spot. It’s the invariably enthusiastic references to food. "Amazing Breakfast!". "Lovely breakfast – good coffee". The latter had "Grilled cheese" scribbled over the top.

Of course, I might be wrong. But I doubt it. That’s the joy of the Internet Age. Quick spot of Googling. Reckon one of the British riders works for UK cycling charity Sustrans. Another a "part-time baker" in Weston-super-Mare.

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