San Ignacio

Waking up in the morning Rigel wasn't feeling a hundred percent yet as his stomach didn't have anything in it anymore. We didn't have any crackers yet so I gave him a banana. I told him we could stay put so he could rest but he wanted to make it to San Ignacio.  I packed up camp and we set out stopping to get some electrolite drink at the next store to start rehydrating Rigel's system.  He didn't get sick again but was super tired the whole day.  Luckily the road was mostly flat with only some hills near San Ignacio so we kept a decent, although still slow, pace.  The roles were a bit reversed, so instead of Rigel riding behind me because I'm so slow, I was riding behind him pedaling only half the time.  It was a nice break from riding as fast as I can all the time. :)

We arrived in San Ignacio around 4:30, found everyone camped just on the waters edge in a campground.  San Ignacio is an oasis town filled with date palms so it was a wonderful change to the sandy cactus filled desert we have been in for the last week.  Everything was so green and lush.  Rigel and I made camp, had a light, no spicy in any way pasta for supper and took a shower.  The shower heads came out of the ceiling and used graviy as water pressure. The water was nice and warm and served its purpose.

Since the camping was so cheap we stayed an extra day to explore the town and let Rigel rest. We sat and watched Dave play his sitar in the morning then picked oranges and lemons at the old missions orchard before going grocery shopping.

Dave, a Calgarian, playing the sitar he hauls around on a cart behind his bike

the campgound with all the date palms