Day 280 May 5, 2017 San Antonio to Boerne, TX

I was anxious to get on the road today. During our layover in San Antonio, we replaced some of the gears. They were well worn and the bike road so much better with the new ones.

Our first stop was at the Charles A James bike shop to pick up an extra long skewer (the rod that attaches the wheel to the bike frame) Mark, bike mechanic extraordinaire, had found for us. It seems the trailer has taken its tole on another skewer; it needed a replacement.

 One thing I've enjoyed about Texas is the murals. They are everywhere. I took pictures of these two on our way out of town.

Two things struck me about our ride into Boerne, pronounced Bernie, construction traffic and hills. The weather was beautiful, not a cloud in the sky, in the 70's, overall a perfect day to be on the road.

It was a nice ride, but virtually the entire route was under construction. An Uber driver in San Antonio told me 60% of the roads in the city were being worked on, and I believe it. We road much of the way on Frontage RD, which ran right next to the highway. All the overpasses were either new construction or being constructed.  There were also many huge new developments going in. We passed at least 6 of them in 30 miles. Texas is bursting at the seams. If you want a job in construction, go to Texas, there is construction everywhere!

 Our hotel, a really nice Motel 6, bills its self as being in the heart of Texas hill country. I'll say. In truth, we actually didn't have many hills today. It was more like hill, singular.  One 34 mile looooong hill. We started at 600 feet above sea level and ended at 1480. We earned our beer today.
Google tells me tomorrow were climbing 1100 feet but falling 850, so we'll get the coast part of the way. It is supposed to be another beautiful day, I'm sure it will be great.

One advantage to climbing is the scenery. Beautiful.