Friday Oct 10 Biking to Odiáxere

The morning started with a jarring fire alarm at 9:00. I went outside. Neighbours said security guards had gone into our complex - elevator sometimes caused problems. Finally it stopped

Picked up our bikes at 11 and found a lovely bike path heading east along the coast. Got to Odiáxere then foolishly decided to head east along highway 125 to Portamia. Not fun - yes there was a bike lane but tons of traffic. We finally stopped at the commercial centre outside the city. Best we could find was a Burger King. The veggie burger was actually good. Then we headed back again along the highway - not fun. Came to a super steep hill- had to walk my bike up it. Peter made it.

As we approached Sargaçal, again we made a bad decision and turned left towards Lagos. That got us back to highway 125 instead of the bike path. The plus was seeing a water park, plus arriving near our AirBnB . From there we searched out where the Marina reached the sea. Lovely long beach - made a trek across huge rocks to get good pics. Must confess I’m more hesitant than before striding between rocks - but did it.
Got back to Rent a Bike about 4:30, then had beers at Dove and Sea - lovely setting overlooking the Marina - sipping a tall draft Sagres. One of my favs now. Happiness is . . .

A quick stop at home - workers had been here painting the shutters - not great- missed 1 panel and left the deck a mess. Oh well. . . .

Popped over to Pingo Doce for groceries, then home for dinner of salmon - and figuring out how the washing machine works -fortunately it did.Read more