In the evening as I was approaching Dax and exiting the Pyrenees (thankfully) and entering the French plains I ran across a criterium. These cyclists were flying past in a blur. That day I encountered daytime rain for the first time on the trip, which has followed me for several days now. The first day I did not even pull out my rain gear because it was such a novelty, and let it soak me while thunder rolled in the distance. But the rains have not gone away and I and all of my clothes are now soaked to a musty dampness. Every night I hang them out to dry at camp, and every night the rains come again. But no worries, it makes for a cooler day of cycling. (8/01/04)

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Criterium Near Dax

From:	bplater@yahoo.com	(Mon Aug 9 03:27:25 2004)
Dude, its a criterium
From:	Michael Kopp (mk)	(Mon Aug 9 12:53:54 2004)
Oh. I thought it was like the criterion collection. Like a really cool race. There are probably lots of French typos as well. I made the correction.