After yesterday’s fun with the grey whales I hoped to sleep well and take off for Loreto this morning. My body made other plans. I set up camp in a campground near a small lake and crawled into my bed to get a good night of rest before I hit the road. I immediately started to cramp up and had lots of early warning signs for having a seizure. Many times I felt like a major attack was starting but I managed to avoid one with lots of meditation and yoga techniques that helped me stay relaxed and release the cramps as they came along.
It was a struggle for me but I made it through to morning without a seizure but totally sleepless yet again. I am very sore especially in my legs from all the cramping. So needless to say, I gave up on hitting the road and will relax today as much as I am able to do. Hopefully my body will recover in one day and I won’t continue to have this problem.
I am sure that the rough road going out to the lagoon yesterday and then the ride in the boat both contributed to the sorry state of my body last night. I also did too much walking during the day. Today I plan on no walking, no riding on rough roads, lots of healthy food and lots of water. I want to get back on the road.
I am still rehashing the whale trip in my head. I found a few bites on my arms and found out that they are whale lice bites. It is like a hole drilled into my flesh. They do not itch and the guide told me they heal quickly as long as they don’t get secondary infections. Maybe today I will try to get my videos up on youtube so that I can share them. They are far from perfect videos but they give the feel for being that up close with the grey whales. More later if I find wifi…
Monday, February 17, 2014
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Day off San Ignacio Whale Watching
Yesterday was a day off for me and I did almost nothing all day. I did run into another biker from Holland that had just ridden into town coming from Argentina. We talked about the ride and the routes as well as safety. I also heard today that a biker got hit somewhere here in Baha in the last week. I did not see any official story but a number of people have told me it happened. It is always a fear down here and everywhere for that matter. I try to ignore it.
Today however, I had a fun day, I went out to see the whales. For the last couple of days I was waffling back and forth about going out to see them or not and finally this morning after breaking camp I went out to see them. It was worth it.
We rode out to the lagoon from San Ignacio in a van and that took about an hour or a bit more. Then we jumped into pangas the small Mexican boats and headed right out into the lagoon. After a short 15 minute ride we arrived in the viewing area. We slowly cruised around watching whales blowing and diving. A few were spy hopping which is when they hold their heads out of the water and just look around the area. I did not see any breech today. We watched this for about a half hour and I was thinking that I have seen better whale shows out at the islands in San Francisco. Then one of the grey whales approached our boat as we drifted. It had been playing with another boat earlier and it just moved over to our boat to check us out.
We all took turns touching the whale and getting lots of close up pics of a grey whale. Then it was my turn to touch it. I started giving it a back rub and it loved it. The harder I rubbed it the more she liked it. Then she rolled over on her back so I could do her belly too. I was going to town rubbing her real hard and she rolled back over and blew on the other people in the boat then practically climbed into the boat with us wanting me to continue rubbing her head. It was a blast. Then we had a big wet kiss and I stopped rubbing her and she moved off looking for another boat to get a back rub from.
I took a lot of pics but the whale was so close it was hard to get good shots. Now how often to you get to say that. I took some closeups of the barnacles on her and of her blow hole and her eye and flipper and stuff like that. I did not get a pic of me kissing her cause I was kissing her and it is hard to take a selfie with yourself and a 40 ton whale cause my arms are just too short. Great day even though I was not on my bike. Tomorrow I hit the road again even in the 95 degree heat. Not sure where I might end up for the night tomorrow but such is the life of a wandering pobrecito.
Today however, I had a fun day, I went out to see the whales. For the last couple of days I was waffling back and forth about going out to see them or not and finally this morning after breaking camp I went out to see them. It was worth it.
We rode out to the lagoon from San Ignacio in a van and that took about an hour or a bit more. Then we jumped into pangas the small Mexican boats and headed right out into the lagoon. After a short 15 minute ride we arrived in the viewing area. We slowly cruised around watching whales blowing and diving. A few were spy hopping which is when they hold their heads out of the water and just look around the area. I did not see any breech today. We watched this for about a half hour and I was thinking that I have seen better whale shows out at the islands in San Francisco. Then one of the grey whales approached our boat as we drifted. It had been playing with another boat earlier and it just moved over to our boat to check us out.
We all took turns touching the whale and getting lots of close up pics of a grey whale. Then it was my turn to touch it. I started giving it a back rub and it loved it. The harder I rubbed it the more she liked it. Then she rolled over on her back so I could do her belly too. I was going to town rubbing her real hard and she rolled back over and blew on the other people in the boat then practically climbed into the boat with us wanting me to continue rubbing her head. It was a blast. Then we had a big wet kiss and I stopped rubbing her and she moved off looking for another boat to get a back rub from.
I took a lot of pics but the whale was so close it was hard to get good shots. Now how often to you get to say that. I took some closeups of the barnacles on her and of her blow hole and her eye and flipper and stuff like that. I did not get a pic of me kissing her cause I was kissing her and it is hard to take a selfie with yourself and a 40 ton whale cause my arms are just too short. Great day even though I was not on my bike. Tomorrow I hit the road again even in the 95 degree heat. Not sure where I might end up for the night tomorrow but such is the life of a wandering pobrecito.
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