Tuesday, June 30, 2009

18 June 2009 Morshansk, Russia

I woke up to that all too familiar sound of rain drops tapping on the window pane. I let out a groan: not another day of this! Even by the time I was ready to leave the rain hadn’t lessened; it was actually raining harder. So I headed out the door in my rainsuit and the housekeeping staff knew I was going to steal the hotel key because I walked out the door with the key. I wanted to remove my front disk rotor lock so my bike would be ready when I began to carry my bags out. A ruckus ensued, and they finally let me walk out of the hotel and walk back in with the key. I made my four usual trips up and down from my room to my bike. The housekeeping staff just glared at me knowing I was carrying off all the linens and towels from the room in my bags. With all my belongings out I contacted one of the housekeeping staff and asked her to check the room out. All the linen was counted, all the contents of the small refrigerator were counted and all the glassware was counted. Everything was in order and I was given a big smile. She called the front desk and informed them of her findings and that I returned the key. I went downstairs and everyone was all smiles and wished me a safe journey. Today I will be traveling from Borisoglebsk, to Tambov and on to Morshansk. The road was extremely rough and full of potholes. All too frequently you get caught behind a semi-truck and it throws up mud spray which turns my visor brown. I have to use my thumb like a windshield wiper to clean my visor so I can see. This went on all day. It became extremely annoying. I pulled into Morshansk and I saw a Russian BMW with a sidecar sitting along the side the road and I asked the rider if he knew of a hotel. The place is a dump for 350 rubles. I parked my bike in a car wash for the night.

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