Day43 (5.14) Lazang Township - Zhongba County 80 km
[The return to the cage in the morning snow, and then again was told that Ali has wolves, self-driving donkey friends invite lunch, accompanied by thunder on snow days, dinner entanglements, constantly seeing the amount of rice a meal of seven steamed buns and others... 】
Although the underside of the body is uneven, I slept well. Waking up at 8 a.m., I heard the familiar rustling of the tent again, pulled open a corner of the tent, and sure enough, it was snowing. I just didn't want to get up, and now I have a good reason to lie down again. I woke up again at 9 o'clock and the snow had stopped. After getting dressed and getting out of the tent, I saw the surroundings, a long mountain pass. The sky was overcast and it felt cold. Luckily, I didn't feel too cold sleeping in my tent last night.
The open camp in the panic of last night
I went back to the tent to eat, and then slowly packed up my gear little by little, but I couldn't find the legging strap that I had been using. Every night before going to bed, I habitually put the leg strap somewhere, and now I can't find anything, and I don't go through the whole tent. Maybe last night I didn't notice where the leg strap was, or it wasn't on my body, and I couldn't remember it. Since you can't find it, forget it, and there is a spare one, red. It turned out that it was green, and I had been following myself since I started.
Just like last night, the car and the large bags of equipment need to be transported to the side of the road in batches. When I was pushing the cart to the side of the road, I suddenly saw a cloud of green behind the concrete wall, and when I looked closer, the leg strap, my green leg strap, should have accidentally fallen off last night in a hurry. Now that you've used red, put away the green, hoping that the next trip will change the decline of this time like you do now.
Everything was moved to the side of the road, and as it was about to be loaded into the car, a friend stopped behind him and helped carry the bag. Chat while loading the car. When Moyou learned that I was going to Ali, he reminded me that there were wolves over there, and told me about the incident of wolves attacking and biting people, so I must be careful when I go there. Since I set out from Lhasa, whenever I heard that I was going to Ali, basically everyone would tell me that there were wolves in that place and that there had been attacks or bites. At least I can't verify it now, and I don't know whether I should expect it or not. You can only go forward with a calm mind as much as possible.
Say goodbye to each other and leave at 11 o'clock. After riding for about half an hour, a small buggy and a young couple traveling by car greeted me. They then stopped in front of an abandoned house on the side of the road not far ahead and began to pick up all sorts of things from their cars. When I rode up to them, they asked me to stop and have lunch. It turned out they were going to make lunch here. It was only 12 o'clock. I wanted to move on, and it hadn't been long since I had finished breakfast. I can't stand the invitation they keep inviting, thinking that today's trip will not be too long anyway, so let's have lunch with them.
When the car stopped to the side, I saw them take out water hoses and cutting boards, first washing vegetables, then cutting vegetables and cutting meat. Basically everything you need, it's exactly like a small kitchen. They are completely in no hurry and fully enjoy every journey, even every meal. So in addition to eating at the restaurant, they will also find some beautiful places to cook their own meals. Their car, except for the two seats in front, was full of all kinds of things, all the unexpected, and felt eager to move the whole house over. Although the driving speed is fast, they will try to slow down as much as possible. This is the mentality that a self-driving car should really have, not just with the car through an unknown area.
Compared with their own wind meals, this meal is very sumptuous, millet porridge, potato stewed bacon, cold cucumber and so on. One thing, though, is that they completely ignore the amount of food the cyclists eat. They thought that three people was not enough for me to fill my stomach, although it was only more than two hours before breakfast time. Of course, I would like to thank them for their warm hospitality. After lunch, bid each other a farewell.
Departure again, it is more than 1 o'clock. The tour has not really started yet, and half a day has already passed. Of course, I don't care too much, this is exactly what I want to do. Enjoy every time and enjoy every leg of the trip even more. The sky was still overcast, but not as cold as it was in the morning. A mountain pass will appear in front of you, and you can see the winding mountain road in the distance. Before the climb, dark clouds were thick and accompanied by thunder from time to time. It felt like the thunder was overhead, and one careless one would fall. Bad weather is encountered a lot, but thunder is rarely heard. It snowed quickly, and it was a very urgent, big snowball that had been experienced several times before.
Assault la Pass
The slope up the hill is not steep or long, and riding against heavy snow is not too tiring, and even enjoy this snowflake climbing mode. The snow is getting lighter, and at 3:10 a.m. you reach the pass, stop for a while, go down the hill, and the downhill is still not steep or long. But at this time, the snow is getting stronger and windy, and it is a very strong headwind. The snow slapped on his face by the wind, and it hurt so much that he could only ride with his head down. The snow soon stopped again, and the wind was still strong and blowing very cold. I felt hungry at 4 o'clock, and sure enough, I didn't eat enough at noon, so I found a sheltered place to stop and eat.
National Highway 219 "1666"
Due to the embarrassment of last night's rough sleep, today I am very concerned about the potential camping places that appear on the side of the road. I don't know if it is a coincidence or a deliberate, the ideal sleeping place that can not be encountered yesterday, today there are many times along the way, and the abandoned houses are perfect places to sleep. If all the abandoned houses encountered today were evenly distributed in each subsequent day's itinerary, it would be enough for ten days to half a month without worrying about the problem of sleeping at night. Looking at these perfect sleeping places, and then thinking about the encounters that I didn't encounter last night, my heart hurts, and now I have to give up one by one, and my heart hurts even more. The place where you were invited to dinner at noon was an abandoned house, half an hour from where you tossed back and forth last night. If you really went forward desperately last night, would you find that perfect place? But if that were the case, he wouldn't have felt the shocking impact of the stars last night. I have to sigh that everything happens so magically and just right.
Sunlight breaking through dark clouds
All the way against the strong wind, at about 7:30, we finally reached the T-shaped intersection leading to the new Zhongba County Town. However, when I saw that there was only a gas station on the side of the road, I fell into disappointment. I thought there was at least a place to eat at this intersection, but the reality is that in addition to the gas station is a gas station. The new Zhongba County is not close to the 219 National Highway, five or six kilometers away. If you go to the new Zhongba County, you have to turn back again, and you don't want to toss back and forth with so many things. If you knew this, you should have eaten in the old Zhongba City that you passed earlier.
Look closely at the T-junction, and there is a large copper bull on the opposite side of the road leading to the new Zhongba county town, a platform that resembles an observation deck, and on each side of the platform is a four-square column-like tower-like building. With an unintentional attitude, I wanted to see what was inside the building, but I didn't expect that one of the doors was actually unlocked, eight or nine square meters, the doors and windows were intact, except for some garbage on the ground, an ideal place to sleep. This surprise is an unexpected surprise. I decided to sleep here at night, and I was surprised that the dinner problem was also solved. All the equipment was unloaded and placed in the building, and then the door was locked with a car lock, and then riding an empty car to the new Zhongba county seat.
Riding on a car without any weight is simply not too cool, riding that is called a tiger tiger. But the car is too light and too fast, and there is also a little bit of bad, that is, it is too cold. When the car is very heavy, although it is very tired, the heat generated by physical energy consumption is continuous. Without weight, without consuming too much physical energy, the speed is fast, the heat cannot keep up, and in addition to the strong crosswind, the oncoming wind brought by the speed of the car makes the heat dissipate faster. The temperature was not high and it felt colder.
Arriving at the county seat, I didn't want to eat noodles, and somehow I wanted to squeeze vegetables and eat steamed buns. Almost through the entire county seat, I bought 10 steamed buns and some cakes at a steamed bun shop. Steamed steamed in a pressure cooker in Tibetan areas, it is more realistic and larger. Buy a few packs of squeezed vegetables, a few apples, a glass of boiling water at a fruit and vegetable shop, and ride back. Along the way, the desire for food is controlled. Back at the intersection building, I hurried to pack up, eager to stuff food into my stomach. There is no need to open the tent, but because the ground is dirty, spread the tent underneath as a dust mat, and then put a moisture mat and a sleeping bag.
A bit messy but enough safe and warm camping building
Everything is done and eaten. Just squeeze the vegetables, unconsciously fill in 7 steamed buns in one breath. It's really about filling your stomach with as much as possible of chewing. I thought that 10 steamed buns could be eaten twice, but I didn't expect to solve most of them in one meal, but I was not satisfied, and I filled in some fruits and other snacks. This is only a little bit of a stretch. Eating very full gradually puts yourself in a state of some excitement, or because you have to digest a lot of food, the blood in your whole body is mobilized, so you don't feel sleepy until very late. Before going to sleep, the sound of the wind began to whistle outside again.