Our Bike Ride Today to Calauag December 29, 2011

Bike and Save the Earth

We woke up at 4 am so that we can leave early. It rained the night before,.  Fortunately, it stopped raining by 5 am.  We cleaned bikes, put some more air.  Had coffee.  Took a bath to clean yesterdays grime and sweat.  We did not wear anymore the now soiled and sweat filled new Recyclists uniform. At 6 we went back to Joe de Veras place so that we could have breakfast;  but he was still closed.  We ended up having breakfast at Jenkas;  it was on road leading to the AH26.  Fried egg and rice was l6 which was quite cheap;  coffee was l2.

We were able to leave at exactly 630.  We were at Plaridel by 700 am, Gumaca by  800, Lopez by 830 and Calauag by 9:l5.   I towed them and I would say I was doing 25 to 30.  There were about a dozen hills similar to that of Baras Tanay hill climb (km 52) and they would have strengthened us a lot. That solo hill looks nothing to me now.

The stretch between Gumaca and Lopez was long. About l5 km.  (It could not be longer between Atimonan and Pagbilao hehehe)

The delivery truck of Maruja casket nearly bumped me and drove me off the road in Gumaca. Plate Number KFC 788. What the  #?!!.  They are true to their name- early deaths for bike riders?  I hope they do not use their caskets ahead of others. (We run 6 memorial parks all over the country;  Maruja casket is not a supplier we wish to have?!!!)

I saw a bus leaving for Cubao at Calauag and inquired for the departure and fare.  They said it was 30l and they would wait for us and load our bikes for free. They bus left at 930 and we had lunch again at Atimonan, at the back of Kingfisher 2, at the bus terminal.  We had ampalaya, chicken, plapla rice and Mountain Dew.  It would have cost us Pl50.  Libre sabaw.  We were at Lucena by l2, 3 at San Pablo City, and 4 at Sto Tomas.  Too much traffic at Sto Tomas because of fiesta.  We were a Robinson by 530.  And at Angono by 7:00.  Angel had another flat in Pasig.  We lost each other in Pasig but regrouped at Highway 2000.

Thank you guys:  Angel and Gerry Cataps.

                                     By the dawn's early light,  biking towards Plaridel

                   Jorgeus biker and Gerry near Along Coastline of Plaridel

            Gerry along coast of Gumaca,  here, the camera memory was gone

                                    Lunch at Atimonan bus terminal

           Reassembling the bikes At Robinson pioneer after alighting from Lucena Lines bus

                              Bikes fully reassembled

      The only proof that we were in Calauag, Lucena Lines bus ticket with origin KM 228

You are strong, brave, great! God bless.