Saturday, July 24, 2010

Day 20 July 18

Maybe it's the exhaustion from the ride or bad dreams and thoughts but last nights sleep was rough. We start our day late with breakfast at a cafe. We are dehydrated from yesterday and we drink more than our fill of milk and water at breakfast. We get our drinks and food resupplied at the exxon gas station at Lima. Our ride isn't long but it is nice and peaceful. We pass by a dam, with thousands of gallons of water flushing through it and take the time to admire the lake created by the dam. It's another kodak lake, glassy, reflecting the mountains absolutely perfect. We continue riding occasionally together sometimes apart and even with herds of cows. Later in the ride we meet a father and son duo riding to Mexico. They are doing the ride as a charity event to raise money for cancer research. They had just recently lost the mother to cancer. We continue traveling and end up at lakeview campground. It is a nice campground by a lake with fresh water for drinking and food. This is the main home of the rare and elegant trumpeter swan which at one point was near extinction. The only downfall to the camp is the Mosquitos. There are thousands of them. They attack ferociously yet they are not quick like Florida Mosquitos. They are dumb and slow but they are plentiful. Smoke from the fire seems to keep them at bay.

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