2/23

 



Another forest fire ahead 

Big unusual style house for here

Another first, every train car was covered in a soft green cloth
No idea why but only one car wasn’t covered in graffiti 

Father said she loves motorcycles and could he take a pic with me
Before I Could react he plonked her in my lap



Used to be much deeper before the drought so now sandbars everwhere



New housing is very compacted with very little space around each house
Smoke from the fire behind






How to wring the last drop of water out of just washed clothes
If I do it before about 5pm usually dry in the morning


Nothing too spectacular last couple of days.  Nice riding until yesterday with little traffic and good road conditions.  A  number of large burned out areas from the fires in early Feb but none active til yesterday About 20 miles from this city the army had blocked the PanAm which I was coming in on and sent us on a 15 mile detour which hooked us up with the only other main road into town resulting literally in miles of bumper to bumper traffic. I decided to lane split and/or take the shoulder which saved so much time.  

Have seen a number of street performers in towns.  They jump out at traffic lights and do various athletic tricks.  Haven’t been fast enough to get a pic before the light changes though.  The last group of 5 were all dressed in Spider-Man costumes.

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