Day Seventeen - Life Amongst the Oil Men

Since today was a short day (36 miles to Sonora, TX), we slept in till 6 am and spent 2 hours patching tubes and changing flats. We were on the road by 10 am and took a secondary road the whole way (our first day completely off the highway). It was beautiful - sunny, 70's to 90's, constant rolling hills, and trees. Robin didn't enjoy the headwinds and the climbs! No dead animals to report today, but we did get to see a turkey take off and fly. We also saw a number of vultures, cattle, sheep and goats.

Once in Sonora, we did laundry, enjoyed the pool, and patched more tubes. Our flat count is now at 23 (we have stopped reporting this on a daily basis as it has become part of the normal routine for us).

The story behind today's title is that both Ozona and Sonora are full of oil men. Some of the hotels have put in three double beds per room and two men per bed. The boom here has been going on for at least three years now and noone sees it ending. The work is hard, but the pay is spectacular! They can't find enough workers, in fact we were both offered jobs today. It's an interesting place with white pickup trucks everywhere.

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