I was hoping to leave tomorrow but that’s not going to happen. The only thing still not working as it should is my stomach. I need at least one healthy day before I start riding so maybe 2 more “rest” days. This kind of stinks. This is officially the longest I’ve been sick in possibly my entire life. Not sure what I have. A cold/flu started things (runny nose/mild fever) but now I think some food poisoning was introduced at some point too. On a positive note I can rule out any new cases of head trauma. Picture below. Who ever said Thermarests are just for sleeping on?

Met up with Karin and Marten for tea (lame I know but I’m sick). We were in a coffee shop on the main tourist drag so we quickly became targets for kids coming in to try and sell us little trinkets. I managed to “no, no, gracias” the first kid away but this little girl came over with the quietest little voice and saddest face I’ve ever seen. My heart kind of melted a little. These kids are like 6 or 7 and I felt kind of bad so I gave her some change. I suspect she went out and told the other kids because it was like a train after that. Next up were a brother and sister. The boy thought it would be fun to pinch the skin on my hand together so I pinched his hand right back. That went on until we were both laughing. After that adventure we went over and had the best soup at place that I’ll get the name of tomorrow. K/M even met a Mexican guy there that spoke Dutch.

03/22 Today was one for the record books. Climbed 5000 feet and had what’s sure to be my slowest day ever– average speed: 7.8 mph. The wind was to blame for the slow speed. The entire day consisted of non-stop headwinds that had me clinging to my handlebars at the side of the road on more than one occasion. The road conditions today were bad too. No shoulder which is about the worst thing when the wind is blowing you around.

Yesterday was a rest day so no movement on the bike. Just hung out in town and watched coverage of the health care bill online. Pretty exciting.

Right when I arrived in town and found a cheap motel Pete rode up. We grabbed some beers and will probably head out to grab some food in a bit.

GPX Track