8 February 2018 – Just before 7:00 a.m. the gas station
attendant came over and woke me up and said it’s time to go. In a nut shell it
came down to this. I can’t have you laying around here when the boss shows up.
So, I got up, ate a Snickers candy bar, aired up my tires, gassed up and then
worked on my route through the City of Lambayeque. It was only a minute or two after
I left the gas station that I was driving through the small town with the
horrible streets. Most people wet down the road in front of their houses or
businesses to hold down the dust. It’s bad. How they live with the racket of
the highway 2 Yards / 2 Meters away from their front door amazes me.
I continued on through the day, passing through several
cities which Blanche gave me a tour of their downtown because it was the
shortest route. Everything worked out smoothly. I drove through an area where
the wind blew off the ocean across the sand. This sand blew across the highway
and ever so occasionally it had to be shoveled or graded off the highway. I
arrived in Trujillo and navigated my way through it, hoping to stop in Chimbote
for the night.
I just broke free of Trujillo and the fog was rolling in off
the ocean. I haven’t forgotten that bad fog in the mountains a week or so back.
Just out of the blue, a hotel pops up out of the fog and I pull in for the
night. I had enough thrills for the day and it’s right on Hwy 1N. It had secure
parking and a room rate of $16. My kind of hotel. After checking in, I worked
on some more routes I need to get through the next town. I also talked to Mary.
She’s in Tucson, Arizona this week with her boss. I plan on leaving in the
morning and it’s already past 11:00 p.m. I need to get to bed.
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