Everyone has returned home from their afternoon adventures. Dwana, Viena, and Ezra went on a walk to play in the Yoga Sala. The Yoga Sala is a nice play area as long as a class is not in session. Both Ezra and Viena love using the Big Blue Yoga Blocks to build things. the night time routine has started so hopefully this goes better than last night. 1:30 am was a little bit ridiculous. Dwana had a full morning of activities and then in the afternoon, I went on a solo biking adventure. Like I have mentioned before, finding riding/hiking mates has been difficult. I went on a bike ride to explore the Mae Sa valley. Bike rentals are complimentary but I doubt that anyone has ever ridden them as far as I did today. The biggest discovery today was realizing when you do not ride a bike for over a year, your bike fitness will disappear. My legs were wiped out 5 kilometers into the ride. Could be the liquid diet as well. The path was nice and uncrowded. I did not see a single other biker. most of the ride was on pavement and against gravity – uphill. From Mae Aen, I biked South to Pang Haeo and then West on the main road and up and up and up and up. I almost turned around a couple of times, but I found little markets along the way to stop and rest and replenish. I was trying to reach the viewpoint near Hmong Nong Hoi and after walking and biking and walking and biking, I finally arrived at my destination shortly before my turn around time of 5:00pm. Seeing the Hmong village of Nong Hoi Mai was worth all the up hill. The day was cloudy, but the views were still amazing with all the agriculture growing on the mountainside. Many different foods are being grown at the high altitude (4500 feet) farming village. The descent was a scream, I just had to keep telling myself, “Watch for Cows!”
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