Cactus and Whales

Hola from Guerro Negro,

Finally after 7 days my glorious posterior has had the opportunity to grace a piece of porcelon. The bros and I have just finished crossing a sparcly populated stretch of beautiful Baja. From San Quintin we ended spending three days on the beach. I was recovering and meanwhile Dave got sick. There was a decent restaurant nearbye with excellent happy hour deals. Unfortunately all three nights in rained. Early morning of our second day I awoke with an odd feeling and a moment later a wave washed under my tent. Although we were safe from the normal high tide the sea was rapidly and quietly approaching. I rushed to drag my tent out of the way of the next wave. We all moved to the highest ground around, but the ocean almost got to us again.

The next day Mark and I returned to town for more groceries. We got some good pastries and a wonderful pizza.On the way back from town the rain began to fall. Our bikes were alreading ladden with mud. After three days the weather cleared and it was good to be moving South again. The ride along the coast was splendid. Unfortunately Mark was now feeling ill so the next day was another rest day. I decided to go into town and get some good food, which I was in dire need of. Tearing some meat in my teeth was very satisfying.

The following morning we left San Rosarita and headed into the hills. For the next three days the scenery was once again spectacular. Cactus were everywhere! Fortunately the wind pushed us along and we made good time. The road was narrow and windy, but traffic was light so it was not a problem. Most of the drivers and considerate and friendly. We averaged over 65 miles for three days, which is quite good. Now that we are once again conditioned we are able to ride long miles with time to spare. So now we are in Guerro Negro having finished an excellent lunch, done our laundry (first time in three weeks) and plan to shower. Oh the simple things. Tomorrow we are dolling out some good cash to hopefully see a lot of grey whales.

So here´s to whales, good food, and sunny skies ;-)