Going to Portland for awhile

Well this is going to be the last post for a little while.  I have decided to take a break for about a month.  I am flying to Portland tomorrow.  I was riding out of Aculpulco in over a hundred degrees stressing and realizing that right now my heart is not in this.  It has been an amazing trip with experiences I couldnt have dreamed of.  It exceeded my mental expectation of what the trip could be.  I met incredible people, experienced and was enveloped in a rich culture that I have fallen in love with, my body is happy and content, my mind has expanded and grown, and my heart has opened and embraced many.  Much of my heart will stay in Mexico.  I am very sad to leave.  I am very bumbed to be spending my last days in Aculpulco.  It is a tourist trap piece of shit rapped in an eye catching void filling bow.  I would love for my last day to be eating some 4 peso tacos off the street with a chicken running by and a truck full of 20 smiling waving kids passing by screaming ¡Que Onda Guero!  But I will be back to Mexico, very soon.

I hope to meet my friend Vincant in a month in Oaxaca and continue but we will see what happens.  I love this country. I realize that there is lots of thoughts about Mexico that are pretty negative. I cant recall the amount of emails and messages saying, “No Mexico!”  Your gonna die man.  Lock up all your things!  I feel more comfterble here then i do in the states.  People are warm and they really care.  Frequently I was invited into house, Quince Años fiestas, fish fries, and taken under there wing.  I have never felt so comfertable.  People slow down on the roads and pass at our speeds and through beer and candy out the window.  People care.  Just cause there was a drug bust in Tijuana does not mean all of Mexico is bad! 

As for now, I am going to go spend some much needed time with my family and friends.  I might even eat a hamburger!  Im not so certain yet but I never really am certain of what Im gonna do next and thats why im smiling right now.  Oaxaca is the most likely thing though.

The last thing ill say is that I encourage everyone to do the wild thing there kicking around in there head.  Talking to people on the road the most frequent remark was, “Wow, I wish I could do somethng like that”.  You can!!!  Theres a way.  Thanks to all of my biking buddies from the road:  Jackie, Vincant, Jason, Michael, Terry, Anne, Nichole, Brian, SLO dread girl, and to anyone who so much as threw a thumb out the window.  On the hard days this helps more then you no.  Thank you for all of the support mom and dad!  You have helped me so much along the road in tight spots and just being able to here your support.  I cant wait to see you all!  Lots of love, keep smiling.

Happy Trails,

Parker