Happy Birthday Jeff!

Tomorrow, December 10th will be Jeff's 21st birthday. Now, in many parts of the world this is a decent cause for celebration. Here in Mexico, however, Jeff will be somewhere in a small fishing town most likely, swatting the mosquitos and sand flies that we have been fighting for the past few days since getting to the mainland. He doesn't know that I am writing this entry right now, but I have not had much of a chance to work up any sort of birthday surprise for him, seeing as we are together 24 hours a day.

I don't have too much to tell right now regarding our travels on the mainland - we have been sleeping in the ditch every night since leaving Mazatlan, and now we've finally reached the coast, where we're able to sleep on beaches once again - only to find that these hot, humid beaches are covered in bugs as well. So, it will likely not be the most exciting birthday for Jeff. So I wanted to ask you, and to encourage you to send him an email, and wish him a happy birthday. Because it's always nice to get an email on your birthday, especially your 21st.

That's all that I have to say. Just asking you to email Jeff on his birthday. Wish him the best. It may not be a big party, but it's not really a bad way to turn 21 - having biked nearly 6000 km to the central coast of Mexico. We'll take the day off tomorrow and try to relax, and hopefully the bugs will die down.

Hopefully you're all doing well, and hopefully you will fill our inbox with some well wishes! Thanks for the help!