Blog 11

Holy moly what a day! Augie and I woke up in Banyalbufar and hit the road. We immediately were joined by many other cyclists on the road who were from all over the world! We met some Americans on one uphill who I talked about the Celtics with. Cool dude! We continued the beautiful coastal route with our original goal being Port de Soller. This was about a three and a half hour ride but the beautiful scenery made it fly by. Once we reached Port de Soller, we both agreed we were good to keep going. Little did we know we were about to climb 15K up a curvey hill! That was not easy! I had a hard time feeling my groove again on the saddle after our break by the beach. I suppose my muscles thought I was done for the day. Although the climb seemed to never end, the view we had got increasingly better. Something that I did find extremely annoying though was the motorcyclists that would just whip up and down the road. They were not even going anywhere. I saw the same five people on their motorcycles scream past me many times and every time it would scare the living crackers out me. My annoyance with the motorcyclists on top of my exhaustion from climbing the mountain joined forces to make me scream at them every time they roared past. Although, once we did summit the mountain, our interactions with the motorcyclists were over and we could sit and enjoy the veiw. The rest of our ride was an early slight downhill to the entrance of the Sa Calobra which we will enter tomorrow. We spoke with a man who runs a small stand by the entrance and he agreed he would hold our luggage for the day so we could be as light as possible. Augie and I found a nice place to camp for the night with an older French couple who spending their vacation circling the Balleric Islands. We will rest up tonight for a strong day tomorrow!


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