Today was a day where Augie and I had to put our brains together. Because of Augie’s crash, we were a day behind schedule and Augie had a knee that needed to be rested. We went around bike shops in Segovia until one said they had the parts to fix it. We went for a stroll around the city while they fixed the broken derailleur. When we picked it up, it worked perfectly and we found out that insurance would pay for it all. I was honestly a little stressed during the morning because I was unsure if we could get it fixed and if we could get back on schedule. We discussed our situation and decided a 4 euro bus to Madrid would be our best option. The bus would be cheap, catch us up on our schedule, and let augie rest his knee for the day. Once we got to Madrid, we took a beautiful ride out of the city through parks and bike lanes. Along the way, I felt a huge splat on my head. It almost felt like I was pelted with a water balloon. I soon discovered that it was a massive bird poop that covered the front of my helmet and eventually set into my head. We arrived about an hour later to our site that had water so I could rinse it out. We unpacked all our stuff and set up our tent. It’s our first night in the tent and it’s been going smoothly. We just had a nice bread and salami dinner and are looking forward to a big night of sleep!

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  1. AnonymousMay 4, 2019 at 4:10 AM

    Lucas - resilience is a life skill & you're strengthening yours! Hope you get some smooth riding in in the next days. peter

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