Another day:
Today was frustrating. Not because the first two hours of the day were straight uphill towards the Carmel Forest region, but because we once we got up there, I really wished that I had a helmetcam that I could've used to take pictures and video all along. I did stop periodically to take pictures and shoot a couple videos because the 20+ km ride downhill along roads through the forest was absolutely stunning. Massive mountsides, endless vistas, dense forest...
Oh, and I wish I had taken a picture, but at one point we came across a cow on this mountain road. No clue what it was doing there. He, uh she, started crossing the path just as I got there. Luckily I zoomed by just in time. I could have reached out and petted her. Not sure what the people behind me did :-)
One of the highlights of the morning was riding through a Druze town (Arabs with Israeli citizenship who serve in the army and are full supporters of the State) where the kids at a school had set up a band to cheer us on. I'm not sure you can see them on the left, but here's the shot of everyone stopped there.
Anyway, here are the stats of the ride. Burning 3000 calories is a little sick.
We got back to our base at around 4 (we are staying at the Dor Beach guest house for two nights... Sunset pic:
... And many of us dragged ourselves to the sea to stretch muscles and cool down.
It's not even 8 pm and I'm already getting ready for bed :-).
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