March 23

Today was supposed to be an easier day after the long century ride.  We were only going to be riding 91 kilometers (56 miles) and only 490 meters of climb.  Doesn't sound like a tough day, right?!  Should be a walk in the park, right?!

Nooooooooo

There was a storm that blew through over night that had horrendous winds.  The hope was it would be gone by the morning ride.  At first, all appearances were that it had dissipated.  But once out on the road, I found out how wrong I was.  The sustained winds were upwards of 30 mph and the gusts... well let's just say it was borderline unbikable.  Think West Texas winds on steroids.  :(

So this easy 91 kilometer day turned into a hard way to knock out 91k.  That and I tried to perform tow truck duty some of the time.  :)

The wind blew hard from straight on for most of the day.  Mother Nature and her humor, what a trickster she is.  Once we were used to the headwind, then she threw in some hills just for laughs.  HaHa I would say...  what a day for cycling.  :)

In the what does that mean category...

here is a doozy of a project name:

 Can you tell me what "CARLA" is???  Goodness knows that a government project will always make people resilient to any changes that Mother Nature has, right?!

And lastly, as I was coming into a town there was a huge sign that read:

OPEN DEFACATION FREE ZONE

 

It had a picture of someone squatting and little droplets coming from their derrière and a big red circle with a line through it.  Can you imagine the social situation that exists to require a community to put that billboard together?!  

Only in Africa...