Day 17 Jelgava, Latvia - Riding Again with a little Rain

Tony's View

It sure feels nice riding again!! Completely different routes than originally planned, but feels good. We almost made it without rain. The last 5 miles it sprinkled, but no down pour. We waited to leave until 11:00am, when we were planning to leave at 10:00am. It worked to get us on the road dry.

One of first turn styles to go through on this trip and I got stuck. So my faithful riding partner jumped off to get a picture. I got unstuck and crossed the railroad.

I did get wiser and went around the next one. 😀👍

We rode by a youth Saturday soccer. They have a great facility with nice stands, fields and benches. Not your typical USA youth soccer field.

We were feeling pretty confident with the rain radar, so we decided to hit the Farmers Market in a town on the route. Might have been the reason we rode in the rain, but it was worth it.

We were supposed to go the way on the left to get to the Interstate but ended up getting to the Interstate on the picture on the right. Funky way to get to the Interstate.

Here are two pictures of being on the Interstate. Notice the wide shoulders. We were on this Interstate for 5 miles and we were booking it at around 16mph.

Then we spent 4 miles on this busy road with a 1 foot shoulder and appreciated the Interstate. I had to keep a very straight line to keep on the small shoulder and away from the traffic. We were flying on this road, too. 

We went to a Bread, Honey and Milk Festival when we got to Jelgava. Joan wanted to take a picture near the bees since it was a honey festival. Since it was also a milk festival, I got an ice cream cone.😀 We later got some onion cheese after tasting several of them. We got there close to closing time.

We found a bronze sculpture that really related to our trip in the Baltic States. It was actually raining when Joan took the picture. 

One more bicycle ride before the day was over, Joan would be sitting on the back, but someone needed to take the picture. 😀

Joan's Extras

We all know how Tony likes to wait. This picture was in the morning of Tony doing his wait.

Dinner tonight was at Central Cafe on our walk back from the festival. More great food, but even more interesting was the ceiling. Might be even better on a bedroom ceiling. 😁