La Vall Laguar

We left Valencia and felt as though we didn't get to see everything they had to offer. Such an amazing place. We biked 38 kilometres to Oliva. Passed by towns built into the mountains and down the coast and inland. Oliva is a cute town with lots of people walking everywhere. They had a Thursday market going on with half clothes and half produce. We camped right by the town in some overgrown bushes and tall grass. It was like sleeping on hay. Super cozy. In the morning we headed off to a help ex in the mountains. Thought after camping it would be nice to be indoors for a few days. We rode and mostly walked up 2 huge mountains. Rain came and we found shelter in a old house that looked to of been occupied by someone else. Glad they weren't there for the time being. The rain passed and we walked some more until we couldn't walk or ride anymore. The thing is the help ex looked a lot closer than it was. Not realizing they live on top of the mountain way past the town. We couldn't continue on for it was way past dark and getting cold and had no energy. We set up camp in a olive field that was kinda rocky. At that point we had no choice and didn't know how much farther their house was. Vague directions, no street names anywhere, and no addresses on houses we realized. Not long into the night, it poured with thunder and lightning. Poured so much that our tent started leaking and before long puddles were in our tent. Joe's sleeping bag and all his stuff got soaked. Seth slept through the night for the most part and had a tiny puddle in his tent that by the morning his sleeping bag got wet too. Joe and I were awake all night with high winds shaking the tent just trying to make it to the morning. When morning came it was still pouring hard. We all got our rain gear on, left everything in search of the help ex place. We're super high in the clouds, wind, rain, trying to find the house. We tucked into a donkey stable and waited there until a car drove by. We ran out to a car and asked where their house was and we were right by it up a little pathway. We showed up super wet, cold, and exhausted. The help ex people had no idea that we were coming for they never checked their email since they've been so busy with the holiday. Even though super shocked they took us in by the fire and gave us a cup of hot tea. They said it's on a code orange for super alert of a major storm in the area. Could last up to 4 day's. We settled into a warm camper and in 2 loads retrieved our stuff. All around floods everywhere. We're trying to dry our stuff out but we have to leave in two days since they have family coming to stay where we're at. Bad timing on our part but we had no idea since in earlier emails all seemed a go. Rain or shine heading out Monday to the nearest town or further.