Riding in Africa and gettin ready

Glad to hear everyones words and deeds here.  Ive been back and forth with Gabe, who sits in his final finals this week and will be free as a bird to ride next week.   He will be doing his first century on the 30th!  Good luck to him man.   Im pounding the streets here in Africa but I miss my road bike and the open roads of California.   Something about alway trying to "fit in" rides over lunch and too and from work that just isnt as satisfying.  But the weather here is lovely and I find myself looking to enjoy the pace of the equitorial fall.   The light yesterday was pink transitioning to orange and as I was climbing up the hill here in camp (about a mile and change) late in the afternoon, it reminded me of those dreamsickles of orange sherbert and vanilla ice cream.  A windless day, which is also unusual here.  Normally, there is an offshore breeze blowing but yesterday, there was nothing but stillness.   Waves so lazy they looked like they were falling over rather than rolling ashore..  everyone was sleepy yesterday.  And amidst the beautiful day, I got in 45k and 2000 feet of climbing.   Just feels different, but saddle time is saddle time I guess.    Missing you all and looking forward to doing a 100 k on Sunday afternoon around the camp..  Till later..    D