Wind! Wind! Wind! Sand blowing everywhere! It's like a hurricane with the sun shining. Lining the town of Van Horn are a range of mountains. With the blowing sand they aren't even visible today. We spent the day going over the bikes, doing laundry visiting around town and reading. We rode up to Papa's Pantry for lunch. It's a real home cooked Mexican restaurant. Even homemade bread. Had fun meeting the locals. Don't know how they make a living in these towns. Bob wanted to get a haircut and thought today would be perfect. Two barber/hair stylists in town but neither opened up. When we went for lunch we noticed that one had opened. She said she was going to go for lunch to check later. At 2:00 she finally ended her lunch but said she wouldn't have time to trim his hair today. You'd think they'd grab any opportunity to make a buck.
Met a young man, his wife and 14 year old daughter today. Neither has worked in four years.
But the amazing thing is that they all love it in these small towns. They don't suffer from ulcers, I'm sure.
The wind is supposed to die down after midnight so we are heading out as early as we can. The wind will pick up in the afternoon to 30 mph and that's hard to manage too. They haven't had any rain here since October so it's nothing but dry leaves and grass and loose sand and dirt. Hope we can make our 60 miles tomorrow.
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