Monday, July 22, 2013

Day 50 - 22th July 2013, Elmira to Song of the Morning,

Zase sa raz pecieme, opat nas cakaju kopce, co ma vyhodu, ze si mozeme vychutnavat skvele zjazdy po prazdnych cestach. Dochadza nam voda a takmer 10 minut musime umierat smadom, kym sa nedostaneme k jazeru Huffman, kde nas "zachranuje" verejna plaz s pumpou a vybornym kupanim. Po prvy krat si mozeme vypocut osamele volanie potaplice, plavajucej si tu po jazere. Obedujeme vo Vanderbilte, malej dedine, poslednej civilizacii pred joga/retreat center/ranch - Song of the Morning, kam smeruju nase pneumatiky a kde chceme stravit zopar dni. Song of the Morning je uprostred "divociny", co znamena ze medzi jednotlivymi domami je aspon jedna mila...
Prichadzame do Song of the Morning podvecer, ludkovia su trocha prekvapeny, bo je pondelok, ked maju vsetci volno a ich manazer im akosi zabudol povedat ze prideme, ale ked si ujasnime co sme kto sme, tak sa velmi rychlo skamaratime  (budeme tu ako pracovna vypomoc pre zopar dni, za trochu pomoci tu budeme moct byvat, jest, cvicit ci meditovat). Po vybornom obede/veceri si ideme zaplavat v rieke pod malou priehradou co tu maju, clnkujeme sa po priehrade a vecer pozerame na mesiac cez telescop a vychutnavame si uzasnu atmosferu tohto miesta.

- very hot day, especially if you start at eleven in morning
- again riding thought hills, with amazing downhills rides
- Lake Huffman save us from dyeing of thirst (our bottles were empty for whole 10 minutes, it was for first time and for somebody it was big shock) & heat
- we swam in Lake Huffman with a lonely Loon and it's lonely call
- lunch in Vanderbilt (we found only one small grocery store, which was very expensive)
- rode from Vanderbilt to Yoga ranch - Song of the Morning was amazing, pine trees everywhere, no people, we felt like in the middle of wilderness.
- people at SoM were a little bit surprised when we arrived, but very friendly so very soon we felt like at home
- swimming under the dam in the waterfall, canoeing on the lake, evening observation of the moon with telescope and amazing atmosphere  

Pictures:
hospitality? 
watching the night sky 

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