Tunnels of Trees

Tue, Jul 30, 2024

Budry, Poland to Zegoty Kiwity, Poland

miles today 58.3

miles so far 1,768.5

feet climbed today 2,293.0

feet climbed so far 50,257.0

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We ate yogurt and cookies for breakfast.  Then headed out for another long day.  Our hosts told us about a bike shop a few miles ahead. 

My pedals have been making a lot of noise lately, so It was new pedal day for me (the other one looks the same). 

We rode on some very quiet (and some were very rough) roads today and saw several "tunnels of trees". 

We couldn't find any cute coffee shops or cafes, so we stopped at a grocery store to buy stuff for lunch.

The last few miles was on some really rough gravel. I was surprised at how many cars went by us in both directions.  We finally got to Zakatek Sczczescia that I had booked for $88. 

There was some issue with booking.com. I should not have been able to book for only one night but I did. The owner booked all the rooms for a group doing a workshop. So he had arranged for us to stay at a rental a few miles away.  He wanted us to come back in the morning for complimentary breakfast to make up for the trouble.  I asked if we could leave our bikes and he could drive us to the place since he wanted to meet us over there anyway (the owner doesn't speak English). He thought that was a good idea.  When we arrived to his place, the guests were eating dinner so we asked if we could buy dinner.  He said yes but we had to wait for some of them to finish to make room for us.  We had beet root soup, Thai curry (vegetarian)  and cake.  It was good.

His friend's place is brand new and very nice! 

A beautiful sunset (haven't seen one in a while).

So, he is supposed to pick us up at 815am so we can eat and get out of the way for the other guests so they can eat at 9am.  It all worked out great and I'm glad I asked if he would drive us to the new place because it's on a very rocky and hilly road.

Today was another hard day with the mileage and climbing and the wind, which was 15 to 20 mph out of the northwest (we were going mostly west).