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The day after arriving here in bongoland (Jaime’s term for his existence), the most bike related activity I could muster was doing a half-assed job of hosing the dust off my bike. I was tired, lazy and not into exerting myself in the heat for a change. These end of trip summaries are mostly for…

Here’s what I opened my eyes to this morning. I’ve never camped quite like this on an oceanside beach so I was very excited about it. As predicted, it was a little warm in the tent so I didn’t have the soundest sleep, but who cares!? I’m glad I did it. As I was slowly…

Happy birthday Karen! I wanted to get you a bike. but I realized it would have really been for me. It felt like a really loooong day today. Not in a bad way. Just in an extended way. I spent a significant amount of time in transit, primarily due to stopping to swim 😀. The…

Today was probably the easiest riding of the trip. It was perhaps a third pavement which meant smooth and quick progress. Not the stuff bikepacking dreams are made of, but you take it when you can get it. The day began with a bunch of rolling hills. Nothing too steep or rough for the most…

I found my mojo today. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed the first two days of the trip. But it lacked the excitement and feeling of adventure that typically comes along with these trips. Not sure what the thing was. It’s not been the greatest start to a year in my life, so maybe it…

I may have set a new low distance record for a bike trip day today. I made it just shy of 60 km, not for lack of trying. The hills in these parts are steep and the roads are commonly either very loose gravel or something like the evil twin of cobblestone. Things don’t happen…