El Paso Update.

I've made it to El Paso. It's been a few days dice my last update during which I've had a cold and it's been cold. A couple of nights were minus five, which were a bit chilly. The odd thing is that there's no frost as the humidity is zero so it looks nice and warm. Sneaky, deceptive New Mexico weather. We've racked up about 920 miles now, I need to check my spreadsheet for the exact details, but we crossed the Emory Pass at 8224 ft. I was suffering from my cold and some lingering plumpness that I've still to ride off so it was a relief to finally get there. Today has been about negotiating the pecan orchards (pronounced pecaaaaan for some obtuse reason). On a side note I've tried to explain that you do pronounce the "h" in herb and that it's not "eeerb". It passes the time.

On the subject of pronounciation, its taken a few members of thetour a little while to understand that my name is either Rhod (Rod) or Rhodri. I was "Roadie" fora while amongst other things, so when we passed through Roady I had to take a picture.

So here are some photos of the Emory Pass, a cafe, Rodey, Las Cruces and some Pecaaaan nuts and trees.