The
uncle will be traveling with a buddy on his motorcycle, but thinks the
weather (rain) would not be good for the little girl. So she joins us
but it is not too far before we have to stop because she is carsick.
Molor has the situation in hand and puts a piece of clear packing tape
over her bellybutton - and presto! A cure I have never seen before. The
day does turn out to be long with a steady light rain for most of the
day. It clears later and we visit a site of deer stones - monuments
placed around 600-800ad to mark the death of leaders and their passage
to heaven as deer spirits. We continue on to our ger camp at Lake
Hovsgol which is a long day - ended up being 11+ hours. The gers have
wood stoves to heat the space, and mine is cooking away now. Planning on
sleeping well.
July 26 - Our second day at the lake is a rainy day on & off - a lot cooler too so the wood stove in the center of my ger is put to good use. I use the day as a rest day and try to shake off the cold that is slowing me down. Dennis & Babs went on a horseback ride to a local family's ger and had a good time eating yogurt and watching sumo wrestling on their tv - Mongolians are making their way into Japanese sumo, and everyone was happy when the Mongolian won his match. Shower water is heated by a wood furnace which is started when you are ready to shower. Being further north, there are many more solid log built structures. We visit the town for a little while and see the visitor center for this national park area. The lake is sacred to many Mongolians, and is deep and cold. - we are camped near the outlet which drains into Lake Bakal in Russia. Right now it's late and the rain is really coming down. Hope it lets up by the time we get on the road tomorrow to get to the airport at Moron.
July 26 - Our second day at the lake is a rainy day on & off - a lot cooler too so the wood stove in the center of my ger is put to good use. I use the day as a rest day and try to shake off the cold that is slowing me down. Dennis & Babs went on a horseback ride to a local family's ger and had a good time eating yogurt and watching sumo wrestling on their tv - Mongolians are making their way into Japanese sumo, and everyone was happy when the Mongolian won his match. Shower water is heated by a wood furnace which is started when you are ready to shower. Being further north, there are many more solid log built structures. We visit the town for a little while and see the visitor center for this national park area. The lake is sacred to many Mongolians, and is deep and cold. - we are camped near the outlet which drains into Lake Bakal in Russia. Right now it's late and the rain is really coming down. Hope it lets up by the time we get on the road tomorrow to get to the airport at Moron.
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