Swedish showers for hours

       We spent Tuesday (6/19/12) like our other days. Wake up, pack up our gear, and ride. We were still in farm and forest areas of Sweden, so of course it’s beautiful. Unfortunately we had to deal with heavy wind blowing in our faces and the gps sent us down a route that added 10 more miles to our day. We weren’t happy about that, but hey it’s nothing to cry about. 

      The good thing about it though is we stumbled onto this town called Atvidaburg. It’s crazy nice there. Everyone is friendly, it has a farmers market, and kids are running around the lake. Did I mention it had a lake? It does. It had a touristy kind of feel to it while it also seemed like a nice community. And all the women there are also hot in case you were wondering. We hope you guys know we are dead serious about the looks of women over here. It doesn’t make sense. More on point, we got to a campground in the middle of the town and found out they had showers and we haven’t had one since we left Rob’s house. We looked for a way to pay so we can get a key to the shower house and sent josh on his way to the tourist info center to pay them. Chris and I sat for 10 minutes talking about how we were going to take an hour long shower and just chill in a nice cozy bed that the Swedish houses (little tiny cabins with bunk beds) have. Josh came back and informed us that we were shit out of luck. So we said screw it and set up our tents anyways after our defeat. The grass field beats a forest floor any day of the week, but the showers were the only thing on our minds. Josh got on his bike to go to the shopping mart and saw that someone propped open the showering rooms. When he told us, Chris got his towel and I’ve never seen a ginger move so quickly. We were kings for a night. We all spent a fair share of time in the showers and I did some hobo laundry in the sink. Life was good.

                                                       Everybody rides bikes here. 

        On Wednesday when walking to brush my teeth a woman came up and started speaking Swedish to me. I told her “English” and she asked very nicely if we stayed, then told me I could pay here whenever we are ready. Everyone here is pretty nice. On the way out of town we lost Chris (again). Then when we turned to find him Josh’s back rack screw broke again.  So I rode off to the hardware store and got him some screws. When I came back Chris was with him and we started our day off at the farmers market and the super mart for some supplies. On Wednesday our ride was a little bit different, in a good way. It was full of lakes. We probably rode by 8 all in all. There is something truly amazing about this place. Hope all of you can see the Sweden like we have and thanks for the read. Next stop Jonkoping.