Cold nights...steep grades...brilliant blue skies...limestone massifs...wide open spaces...friendly old folks with staffs walking in the late afternoon...
bella España!
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| Is it possible that the first campsite could very well be the best of the whole trip? |
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| Morning descent from El Torcal National Park |
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| In France it was vineyards, in Spain it is olive groves. |
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| Our route took us through the unexpected Garganta del Chorro, a narrow gorge carved through the contact between Jurassic limestone and conglomerate. |
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| At the end of a day of seemingly perpetual uphill grades, we arrived at the picture-perfect hill town of Ronda. |
2 comments:
Wow! So beautiful! Yes, must be world's best camping spot. Wondering if you two will take in a flamenco dance and music performance while in Andalucia, official home of flamenco? I love flamenco. Or, maybe you could take dance lessons, then teach us all, when you get home! Happy bicylcing 2 U. Bon, enjoying and early "springtime" over here.
I thought of you guys yesterday, with infinite respect. I went for a ride while visiting at my mom's on a very low-grade borrowed bike. I hadn't ridden in awhile, on top of the bike being so poor, and it nearly killed me. I thought of all of the hills you do on these trips. The worst part was when my bike seat turned into a teeter-totter and I had no crescent wrench!! Bravo on all of those hills, and the campsite is lovely!
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