Dateline La Orotava, Tenerife.
The journey over to the Canaries was fraught with a few problems, some that could only be solved with acceptance and outlays of cold hard cash, and others that could only be solved with massive amounts of wine and beer. But we landed in the greatest little place, and Ziggy is very happy with her new found freedom and abundance of grass.  We are on a finca, which is an old banana plantation with the large old mansion converted into separate apartments. We have this very roomy one bedroom with a big kitchen, huge bathroom, living room and spacious bedroom. On the property the lush landscaping is backdropped on one side by the snow topped el Tiede volcano and the sea below on the other side. We are able to walk to the charming town of La Orotavaa in about 10 minutes. One thing that has surprised us is how populous this area is. We are a bit worried about riding on these roads with all of these cars. Hopefully today we will be able to get air in our tires. This has been more of a challenge than you might imagine. And today, being Sunday, we have been warned NOTHING will be open.
We drove part way up the road to the volcano yesterday. It was shrouded in fog, and we turned around about 1/2 way up the 20 mile road. It is our ultimate goal while we are here to get to the top, 10,000' high, on our bikes. Dreams are free....
Later, folks.