A Day of Rest

I decided to extend my stay another day to rest up and let my undercarriage deflame and maybe even return to normal. And to get more sleep. I mean, you can see why, right?

I rode out to the beach and walked along the Atlantic shore. I hadn’t touched the ocean (or even one of the rivers I crossed) on this trip. What’s up with that? I decided that later, I’d get a towel from the hotel and swim on the beach behind the hotel. It wasn’t a private beach, but it was somewhat isolated, so it wasn’t super crowded.

I couldn’t decide what I wanted to eat for lunch, so that meal passed uninvited.

My father used to say: Not to decide is to decide. I know it didn’t originate with him, but he used it so much with me as he used to say that I thought too much. I don’t think I’m paralyzed with inaction by my thoughts and considerations, but I know that as I try to get down to the nugget of truth of, for example, how I feel and what might be a meal that I’d like to try… what am I truly hungry for… well, sometimes it means that by the time you decide the restaurants have shuttered.

Truth is, I wasn’t really hungry.

A pattern that has emerged during this ride is that I’ll grab something smallish (typically sweetish and typically flour-constructed) with coffee and that’ll often fuel me till dinner. Admittedly, I’ve been saving up and have some well-filled pouches of energy, so I was happy to withdraw from the bank of love-handles. If I’m lucky enough to pass by stalls selling fruit, I’ll grab a banana or two and maybe a tangerine. The tangerines have been amazing. I think both are from the canary islands.

If I eat during the middle of the day and try to ride after, it’s a slow process to get going again. For me, it is better to simply wait till the riding is over, I’m showered, and the day’s work is done.

For this easy day, I took a swim in the Ocean (or a few of them with a warm-up session in between the swims), followed by a swim in the pool. I went to the hotel spa and booked a massage.

I ended the day with room service, as the patios were a-chatter and I already had such a great place to have dinner and watch the sun set.

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