We all enjoyed a good nights sleep and woke to a beautiful morning.
In theory we had a shorter day today before the final push to the border tomorrow.
It was about another 5km of gravel then we had pavement all the way to Mexico, the terrain was also pretty much flat so we made good time. There was a gentle climb to out final Continental Divide crossing.
We stopped at Hachita for lunch and to again fill up our water bottles/containers. It was pretty hot and, surprise surprise, quite dry in the desert!! The road from here was long and straight. I think we rode for about 10km without a bend in the road. Long, mind and bum numbing!
We reached our day's goal destination at about 3pm. We all decided to push on as far as possible that day making the last day, tomorrow, as short as possible. It was hot and was getting tough as it seemed to be never ending straight roads. With 32kms to go we stopped as Scott was hanging out for a coffee. It was great to have a break, but getting going again was hard.
We decided that we would do another 10km and see how we felt then. At this point we decided to cook dinner, then either do the final push or set up camp.
After some real food rather than muesli or energy bars, we all felt a little better and made the decision to knock the bugger off today!
Our final 20kms went by in a flash, apart from stopping twice to check out two beautiful Rattle Snakes basking in the last of the days sun.
We arrived at the Mexican border at dusk. The border crossing was well and truly shut (only open 8am-4pm). No photos just a warm sense of achievement, congratulations all round and a cup of Spiced Apple drink to celebrate.
Three years in the dreaming. We had done it. What a blast!
DISTANCE: 114.9km
AVERAGE: 17.4km
RIDE TIME: 6.35hrs
ASCEND: 250mtrs
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