Short Ride October 14, 2022

I’m searching Google Maps and other sources trying to find awesome overlooks for picture opportunities. I didn’t want to go that far today but the sun was sort of cooperating. I headed to a ‘hill’ about 10 kilometers from my house. It looked like the roads would be OK for the first parts of it and I was hoping that they weren’t too bad beyond the last house.

The Good Road

Down the Valley towards Cuenca

Looking up the valley towards the Cajas

I was half right, the road was good up to the last house and then really, really bad. But I did get some good pictures of the Cuenca Valley. If you know where to look, you can even see my apartment building. Even with the sun and waiting until late morning, the fog is still obscuring the distances.

Grazing land for Sheep, Cattle, Goats

Drinking water pre treatment

Drinking water for Cuenca is gathered in high mountain lakes above the city. The bad road would have taken me within a hard uphill hike of a few of those lakes. They pipe the water from the lakes to pre-treatment facilities like these, then feed this water into the municipal treatment centers and distribution system for the city.

DanW

I am a 50 something Motorcyclist who enjoys long distance riding.

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