Number of consecutive days not looking in a mirror or using a bathroom: 4
Number of tarantulas spotted on tent: 1
Number of cacti lodged into legs: 1
Number of flat tires in Mexico: 0
We thought it was time for a Day in Our Lives again. Some things have changed a lot here (like the very infrequent bathroom breaks) while others have stayed the same (frequent breaks). We don't have quite as much to eat, but that's not because of lack of hunger, just lack of food. So here is a Day in our Lives - Novemeber 11th, 2008:
4:30 am - alarm goes off, snooze it
4:45 am - alarm goes off again, this time get up and race to pack up everything in the tent in order to get outside and go to the bathroom
5;02 am - get outside, go to the bathroom, pack up camp and eat breakfast of:
- 4 and a half cinnamon buns
- 2 packets of instant oatmeal
6:34 am - reach the highway, get all the thorns and spikes out of our tires and start on our way
6:50 am - 3.03 km - stop for water and take off sweater, tights. Take some pictures and get out our ipods - there isn't a whole lot of traffic on the road
7:05 am - 3.03 km - finally leave again
7:18 am - 5.96 km - stop for water
7:30 am - 9.90 km - stop at a trash can to throw out our garbage from the night before, and take a drink of water
7:47 am - 13.28 km - water, and pictures
8:05 am - 16.08 km - stop for water part way up a big hill
8:20 am - 17.70 km - stop for water at the top of the big hill
8:50 am - 23.19 km - stop for some pictures, and water
9:13 am - 28.98 km - pictures and water
9:24 am - 32.12 km - lunch time! Eat:
- 4 peanut butter tortilla wraps
- 2 nutella tortilla wraps
- 3 biscuits
- 1 peanut butter cookie
- 1 orange
10:36 am - 40.29 km - water, pictures
10:47 am - 43.93 km - water, pictures
11:30 am - 53:39 km - water, pictures, and finally a bathroom break!
12:10 pm - 61.96 km - water, pictures
12:18 pm - 64.55 km - water, pictures
12:36 pm - 69.69 km - water, pictures
12:55 pm - 76.38 km - water, pictures
1:17 pm - 87.10 km - water (but no pictures)
1:38 pm - 98.45 km - water, pictures, and 2 peanut butter cookies
1:49 pm - 101.74 km - stop at a small store, and eat lunch:
- 3 peanut butter tortilla wraps
- 4 biscuits
- 2 peanut butter cookies
2:45 pm - 105.75 km - pull off from highway and bushwhack through cacti to find a camp spot
2:55 pm - start setting up camp
3:20 pm - set up Thermarest chair, and write in journal for the day (also take a few pictures)
3:50 pm - start supper!
- 6 salsa tortilla wraps
- 1 nutella tortilla wrap
- 4 biscuits
- 1 litre of Coke
5:25 pm - get in the tent and get ready for bed; read, upload photos, and study a little Spanish
6:45 pm - lights out, and fall asleep.
Total pictures taken today - 191
Total tortillas eaten today - 30
So this wasn't really a typical day. It started out really hilly and windy so we stopped a lot. And then it was just so beautiful that we took a lot of pictures. Maybe a little overboard, even. But we biked through cacti forests and amazing boulder fields, and just had to take it all in. We'll put up another photo album soon, and then you can see for yourselves. It's good stuff. Right now we're halfway down the Baja, at exactly the 28th parallel, the border between Baja Norte and Baja Sur. Since our last post, we found the deserted desert, and much more. It's been an amazing time riding, with incredible scenery and some of the best camp spots that we've had yet. This place is pretty amazing. And still half of it to come!
1 comment:
That's a lot of peanutbutter and tortillas. We knew you would love it once you got passed Ensenada. Would like to hear more on your passage through TJ. Guess those new tires paid off. Ed and Diane
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