Limbaži – Rutki [S1 Ep5] 🚲[Estonia Latvia Lithuania – Baltic Bicycle Trekking]🚲🇪🇪 🇱🇻 🇱🇹. Danny Slant wakes up at 5:45 AM at SweetHome Guesthouse Limbaži, Latvia. Proceeds to stretch his muscles and perform Do It Yourself Chiropractic session on his bones. Very loud knuckle and joint popping of his hands, feet, knees, neck, shoulders, back , and hips. Feels great after making those adjustments. Checks his hand washed bike kit laundry, it’s mostly dry, so he put it on and goes to Top Grocery store in town at 7:30am. by 7:45 am he’s got sliced meat, potato sticks, coca cola drink, cherry croissant , vanilla pudding croissant, and four bananas. Admires the tiny 4X4 All wheel drive diesel Dacia Duster vehicle. Pedals south on Highway P9 toward Sigulda and Mālpils , Latvia. See the lumber trucks getting loaded by machine with a giant claw handle. Passes a giant stork bird and his huge nest on top of a utility pole. At 9am he sings his daily improv rock song. Please put your answers in the comments. Arrives to Sigulda , passes a huge bicycle tour on expensive road bikes fully supported going northbound. Sees the cable car going across the steep valley canyon. Crosses the Gauja river , admires the Unity Ride In Latvia metal bicycle sculpture. Listens to the Latvian singers at the Sigulda Devons Cultural Center. Gets assistance from Kristof to fill up his bicycle rear tire at Veloriba Bicycle Shop in Sigulda, Latvia. Stop for lunch again at Hesburger in Sigulda. So far it’s been all highway miles today. Crosses major freeway interchange, just north of Ķegums, Latvia , if you head east you can take that freeway all the way to Moscow, Russia! This municipality is called Ogre, so Danny Slant makes a few jokes about the Character Ogre from the 1980’s comedy movie franchise Revenge of the Nerds. Orge role was played by Donald Gibb. Crosses Daugava River in Ķegums, Latvia, huge hydro electric plant, super windy on the bridge, hundreds of noisy birds and seagulls. Crosses river, and heads into village of Rutki arrives at Hotel Hotelis Oškrogs. Basic room, gets cleaned up and has dinner in their café. Ogre says what if C-A-T spelled dog? it was another long long day of bike trekking , today’s stats were 76 miles / 123 kilometers. Ride Time 7 hours 14 mins 18 seconds, 10.52 mph average speed, 24.61 mph max speed, 244 miles total trip distance, 24 hours 11 minutes total trip ride time #estonia #latvia #lithuania #bicycleride .

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