Monday and I need to catch up

Since last posting in Mondonero I have gotten behind on my blog. It is only because we having so much fun and doing so much that by the end of the day I am exhausted and fall to sleep once we have had dinner. To catch up I will be brief with words and post pictures instead. 

Leaving Mondonero on Friday we had a long climb and the a lovely decent to the rio Ribadeo where we crossed from the state of Galacia into Asturias. Then a short time later we reached the ocean.

Friday night we reached the little town of Navia near the coast but not on the water; 51 miles. We stayed in another small hotel over the liveliest bar in town. For lunch and dinner we had delicious seafood. The broiled fish platter had about 6 or 8 different items, clams, mussels, something a lot like haddock and a delicate white fish served whole with skin, bones and head with eyes in tact. It greatly surpassed even the fish platter at McSeagull's in Booth Bay.

We slept late on Saturday getting up after 9. There is no need to start early since it has been very cool with a constant cool for rolling in off the ocean. After our typical light breakfast we headed out but had to stop to fix a flat on Hannah's bike. Fortunately the flat came in a pleasant spot to stop and we had a spare and the tools for the fix. The most important thing with a flat tire is to solve the mystery of why the tire went flat so the replacement tube doesn't go flat again. Fortunately we were able to find a very small sharp wire, common from a steel belted radial tire that went bad, in stuck into Hannah's rear tire. It was nice to be able to teach my girl an important cycling skill.

Finally the sun came out and we ended the day ended with a decent to the coast into the little fishing village of Cudillero, where we spent the night in a pension where we had a huge room and another great dinner.