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Peaceful Views
The traffic was almost non-existent. The views on each side of the road at times re-
minded me of the Road Runner cartoon. There were the same land formations and sparse
vegetation.
Istoppedbyareservoirtofillmybottles. Twolocalteenagerspulleduponatractor
and asked me for some of my water which I obliged (I always thought that the rule of the
road was to never ask cyclists for water!) Anyway, I refilled my bottles and resumed my
cycling. I stopped for lunch in a small, secluded teahouse and ate my lunch of bread and
cheese.Iwassurprisedtoseethattheteahousewasownedbythefamilyofthosetwoteen-
agers I met earlier. They smiled and offered me some tea free of charge. We sat together
and chatted as we stared out into the desert.
I bid farewell to my hosts and continued southward into very quiet territory. The
crosswind picked up significantly. Thankfully I wore my desert cap for the cloth that was
attached with Velcro was wrapped around my neck and kept the sand out of my ears. To
maintain balance, the angle in which I leaned the bike into the wind was mind-blowing…it
felt like 45º. With the crosswind and the road's incline, it was quite difficult to summit a
ridge. At one point near the top, I thought the wind was going to carry me off. At least I
didn't need to worry about traffic…there wasn't any. Oddly enough, as I crested the ridge,
thewindchangeddirectionsandbecameatailwind.Iwasabletofree-wheelforquitesome
time. After passing a police checkpoint, I made it into Tan-Tan at about 6:00 pm. Just be-
fore the town, I took a photo of a structure of two massive camels kissing that went across
the highway.
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