Trans America Cycling Day 20 - Marathon, TX to Sanderson, TX

The link to today's route and statistics is found here.
Gun control in west Texas differs from that of the rest of the country.
West Texas gun control
What do the Europeans on the tour think of Texas gun control?



We thought that we had seen our last antelope of the tour, nope.
Buck antelope trotting to three does that he protected from us in a face off

As usual, the scenery was outstanding.
Mesa along ride

 Today we began seeing dense fields of wildflowers beside the road.  Texas spreads wildflower seed beside many roadways, and we are cycling through in what could be the peak of the wildflower season.  The Texas wildflower display is the premier display on our Southern Tier tour, beating Florida hands down.  If you take pictures for the blog of wildflowers, please try to identify them.  You can do so by asking locals, or our local Texan Kip.  If that fails, there is a wonderful wildflower identification guide at:

http://texaswildflowerpictures.com/wf_index.htm

You select the color of the blossom and an array of pictures of flowers of that color appears.  Select the picture that looks like the flower that you photographed, and the name of the flower will appear.  It's that easy.
Typical display of wildflowers that we will be seeing as we cycle east through Texas


Road kill shows us what is living beside the roads that we are cycling.

Kristin says round eyes means it is not poisonous

Reddish pink road kill snake
Kristin was nearly correct in her statement.  Round eyed snakes are generally not poisonous.  However, there is always an exception to the rule.  The coral snake that is found in the United States of America has round eyes and is very poisonous.  Our road kill snake was not a coral snake.
Ahnie's video of A Team paceline

Ahnie led the B Team today racing along the wildflower lined roadway

 All are going to bed early in anticipation of tomorrow's difficult ride into a predicted headwind.
Outback Oasis Motel in Sanderson welcomes bikers of one kind or another

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