Day 19, Thursday, June 14 – Almerimar to Retamar, Spain
Friday 15 June 2012
It was a beautiful cool morning
and best of all there was no wind, yet! We didn’t even complain about the two mile climb we had to get back to our course. But as is usually the case, the climb offered us a nice view
of the sea of condos we’d just left
and the hills we had to climb. We were still surrounded by greenhouses loaded with vegetables.
This one’s for Robyn. You will disappointed to know that we have yet to see ‘chips and salsa’ on a menu, but we did find you plenty of tomatoes to make your own.
Finally broke free of the ‘plastico’ and once again enjoyed pretty towns
and beautiful, yet deserted beaches.
As we understand that is soon to change, the season opens July 1; in the meantime we will thoroughly enjoy the beach to ourselves (almost).
We continued to enjoy great towns
and moderate climbing despite the mountains that continued to loom around every turn.
There were several tunnels
that had maintained the original road
so, not only did we avoid tunnels, we also had great views
from the edge of the cliffs.
We had not packed a lunch, so enjoyed a the view from a beachside bar.
Have we mentioned that today is a gorgeous day?! Amazing what the lack of wind in your face will do to you demeanor. In between a couple of towns was this wonderful boardwalk
which we had all to ourselves. We had promised ourselves a shorter day today, so we could enjoy a little rest. So at 40 miles we stopped along the beach and checked into a ridiculously large hotel. One 140 meter pool and the recreational pool that was so large it had an island in the middle of it.
The rest of this is pictures of our Pig-Out, salad
pizza
and a huge bowl of Bolognese, just too embarrassed to put that picture in, too.






































Anonymous Says:
Awesome pics…..Windy here….crazy windy
Joost Verboven Says:
Bet you’re glad to leave the plastic greenhouses behind. And the wind, yes, bicyclist’s #1 enemy! Some days are like that. Not just in the saddle, but in life also. The challenge then is to keep an open mind to life and fully accept the situation. Hey, but the coast looks wonderful, with these narrow roads clinging to cliffs, small compact towns and great food (and cerveza I assume…) Apryll and I had a great hike yesterday, climbed a mountain and were in 6 – 10 feet of snow! It was warm up there with the snow reflecting the intense sun. No, we’d forgotten our sunscreen… Live it up!