Asturias

We are now at a Paradores in Asturias, Catigas de Ortis in the town of Cangus de Onis riding into the Picos de Europas yesterday.  The ride yesterday was amazing with views and scenery that rival the Pyrenees.  We had an amazing descent along the Selle River into this small town.  The trip seems a bit cursed with a lot of people now suffering from some type of GI bug I had Monday and lately some good falls.  Today a dog ran out while we were in a fast pace line and two of us tumbled.  A woman and I ended up at the local hospital, she with a pelvic fracture and broken thumb.  I lucked out with only a large hematoma on the left hip and arm.  Ahead of us another rider clipped a pedal and fell over an embankment, but has only a minor concussion (her husband is a neurologist).  Weird.  Tomorrow I will ride cautiously.  OK, one more tidbit...a guy from Australia fell twice the past two days.  When I got to the hospital, they were casting his arm.  Carnage in Asturias. 

Amazingly enough, Joe, the husband of the rider that has a broken pelvis, took pictures.  He is an ICU doc.  Weird day.