Luke & Adam's West to East Cycle Beast USA

Even though we headed off to Denton in the hope of reaching some bars and knocking back a few beers, unfortunately an all you can eat Chinesse buffet got in our way and sharpely put an end to our evening. Despite our slack efforts the night before we proceeded to spring out of bed at an early hour and head for Dallas. After only a few hours and 50 miles later we arrive at Guillaume's (family friend). Within minutes of arriving we had an intinary for the evening which consisted of Happy hour at the local, followed by a meal and then back into town to sapple Dallas's fine selection of cowgirls and real ales, to which both scored highly. As we had recieved an ace welcome and with another days activities planned we decided to stick around for some site seeing and a laze by the pool. It was now day 21 and Sandy (Guillaumes wife) woke us with the smell of a Full-English......good girl (You may be surprised to hear but i have put on half a stone). With our bellies full and a bag packed with snacks we motored on to Sulphur Springs, North East Texas. Still optimistic that i may be able to complete the whole trip on just 1 set of tyres and with no punctures, my dreams were suddenly shattered when my tyre split. With Karma on our side though we found ourselves outside of the Sulphur Springs Public Swimming Baths. The staff here welcomed us in with open arms and let us use the pool for free, whilst supplying us with a lifeguards whistle each, a pepperoni pizza to share and some super glue to fix my tyre. It was here where Ad's and i had an epiphany and decided to cycle through the night until sunrise, saving on the cost of a motel and making up on lost miles. Whilst this seemed like a good idea at the time and having managed 30 miles by 2am it was time to recharge our batteries with a quick 40 winks. 4 hours later in a dis-used business park, we woke to a romantic sunrise and curled up next to our new best friend Steve the turtle (not quite what we had in mind)! 10 hours and 70 odd miles later i'm sat here writing to you guys. Just to wrap up an evetful few days i would like to thank the lifeguards at Sulpfur Springs Swimming Baths, the random and very lovely man who bought us breakfast this morning, the man they call 'The Real Cowboy' who said a pray for us and our travels and finally our bodyguard Steve who watched over us and our bikes last night. Choi for now!