Shoot!!!!! I am pissed that I just accidentally erased 40 minutes of work on today’s eloquent and interesting blogpost! I’m not going to re-create it all now; dammit. Bullet points:

The most spectacular scenery of the entire trip was completely shrouded in mist, thick pea soup fog, and rain a good portion of the day. I frequently thought today that if I want to ride up mountains when it’s cold and rainy, I sure don’t need to leave Alaska for that! there were times today, without exaggeration, that I could not see 50 feet ahead of me while I was riding.

This was a massive climbing day. We climbed the equivalent of Hatcher Pass 3.5 times. Total 70k. Some very steep grades.

Passed at least six beehive Honey production operations up in the hills. As we rode by you could hear the buzzing beside the road.

I fully and completely respect the cultural traditions of each country I visit. Therefore, do not be offended by the photos below the dog butchered and for sale at the market today.

I also saw chickens going from alive to dead to plucked to butchered into a bag for sale in the space of just a couple of minutes walking by this market today. Can’t get much fresher than that!

We saw fantastic traditional clothing today as many people in the village areas left the city from the huge Sunday market in Meo Vac.

I won the after dinner dice game today for the first time, total of 10 players. Yaay for me!