Lessons Learned in Lordsburg

Tuesday afternoon, with the wind helping me cover 75kms in about 2.5hrs, I arrived in Lordsburg, New Mexico, a town focused on servicing the needs of big-rig trucks and their drivers, freight trains and the occasional tourist unfortunate enough to find themselve stuck here. I am one of those people, trapped here because of the vicious winter storm ravaging the United States from New Mexico to New York.

Cool temperatures I can deal with, touring with sufficient clothing to keep me warm in temperatures around freezing. However, the strong winds that carried me into Lordsburg have turned 180° and are keeping the temperatures well below freezing, closer to -10° to -20° Celsius. A further concern, is that my only available route from Lordsburg to Las Cruces, NM is along the #10 Interstate highway, where the big-rigs fly by at 60-75mph. Cold water is not suitable during icks.org generico cialis on line intake of medicine. Liquor, caffeine and nicotine should buy generic viagra find now never be used with nitrates, hypoglycemic agents and beta -blockers. The chemical nitric oxide increases the blood viagra prescription circulation by dilating blood vessels to the male organ. Of program, the pills would be the best place to look for the best viagra canada online results. With those strong winds in my face, those trucks flying by and the weight of my pannier bags/gear, I am concerned that I could easily get blown under the wheels of a truck.

So here I am, stuck in a motel in Lordsburg, waiting until Friday, when the weather should improve allowing me to resume my riding. Patience is not my strongest feature, so to call this frustrating is an understatement. But touring is not just about riding and camping, it’s about learning; learning about the world, about others and about myself.

Perhaps this storm is really a blessing as it is forcing me to be patient, to accept life as it happens and understand that I can’t control everything around me. A tough lesson to learn, an even harder one to apply but, once mastered, will make me a better cyclist and most importantly, a better person.