tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82717081559676965482024-03-14T22:24:34.002+13:00Birdy the bike and me.Lindy Chinneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888432027965570545noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271708155967696548.post-35046838375009640822021-07-29T16:39:00.006+12:002022-01-30T13:12:04.588+13:00Yay! New Bike Trail to ride.<p> Anyone who lives in Otago and bikes, has been watching the construction of the new Dunstan Trail and getting impatient for the trail to open. </p><p>Stage 1 from Smiths Way to Bannockburn Bridge opened a while ago and of course I was up there like a shot to ride it. Very easy riding and an enjoyable 22 kms one way. I was impressed with the amount of planting that has been done, and in a few years it will be so lovely. You pretty much follow the lake edge all the way to the Bannockburn Bridge,</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP42Yc_DIXVqt9-a0mnxUcXX7-2xx4xYYJ5X-eqd6gbtSDWUXv8e5dliwJn_ONpLJp3WEehSG5dR85F6K25ZyRY2p1socj4G0Z1eBBUqioGf9piOiOtQwlfkdBuLiP3A3o-x_dlTDEeYU/s2048/DSCN0600.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP42Yc_DIXVqt9-a0mnxUcXX7-2xx4xYYJ5X-eqd6gbtSDWUXv8e5dliwJn_ONpLJp3WEehSG5dR85F6K25ZyRY2p1socj4G0Z1eBBUqioGf9piOiOtQwlfkdBuLiP3A3o-x_dlTDEeYU/w640-h480/DSCN0600.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trail from Old Cromwell town</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvegFf0YQA0z5qDDA4wdKh2Vu4TW5LV7i46ZZMfsSU3nDIywS3lYDzOvQFsbAAjNSlM75gEmESyKVlGzV-bI3NwC7O8S6iKnBzo00ivlR59bMcisGHVDVWxQSSS-N0hkM5Bz_3zo7P_8w/s2048/DSCN0593.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvegFf0YQA0z5qDDA4wdKh2Vu4TW5LV7i46ZZMfsSU3nDIywS3lYDzOvQFsbAAjNSlM75gEmESyKVlGzV-bI3NwC7O8S6iKnBzo00ivlR59bMcisGHVDVWxQSSS-N0hkM5Bz_3zo7P_8w/w640-h480/DSCN0593.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB-on_vrrxUAkessO6rKNMU9T2pDVyREDPVjwe26BwAU9KjbVszzBOHCjP3XaIPzFMmqY-kCOUt9PcCihskvrkWog53qV7ghSC9BTlbkTSBIgHdn2WnG6Cp9qSzuduL4xhRmgb8bQKCt0/s2048/DSCN0595.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB-on_vrrxUAkessO6rKNMU9T2pDVyREDPVjwe26BwAU9KjbVszzBOHCjP3XaIPzFMmqY-kCOUt9PcCihskvrkWog53qV7ghSC9BTlbkTSBIgHdn2WnG6Cp9qSzuduL4xhRmgb8bQKCt0/w640-h480/DSCN0595.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcM1AG9ETn4cUlbzoUHUudg-VWQ3MrWUlYV5unqYrgr0POJxAI2L9Pimx4Sojv0NoDQFniaPricn0ze_U88lNGSsqmrWS6zMLAG_VowU4PyHMdlLsonJWjjH_5uAhw4rvy4zvTY-JwZ70/s2048/DSCN0772.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcM1AG9ETn4cUlbzoUHUudg-VWQ3MrWUlYV5unqYrgr0POJxAI2L9Pimx4Sojv0NoDQFniaPricn0ze_U88lNGSsqmrWS6zMLAG_VowU4PyHMdlLsonJWjjH_5uAhw4rvy4zvTY-JwZ70/w640-h480/DSCN0772.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Stage 2 opened...Bannockburn Bridge to Cornish Point. An easy 7.3 km one way. I rode this when all the wild thyme and Californian poppies were out is summer and it was just beautiful. You also ride through Carrick Winery and conveniently they have wine tastings and a cafe.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTsCLEyWAEHfj7ktQbv7Le-DE-6GwGcsucgz3l5CHrq_e7uneLRlHBgfvfS2YGIvgPxnLvwG9-VxTPQCvQF2avSO4oga3-alZl5AOYoZiR5HjIa78apWselWCP16lo6USgjWonTl7NiE/s2048/DSCN0790.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTsCLEyWAEHfj7ktQbv7Le-DE-6GwGcsucgz3l5CHrq_e7uneLRlHBgfvfS2YGIvgPxnLvwG9-VxTPQCvQF2avSO4oga3-alZl5AOYoZiR5HjIa78apWselWCP16lo6USgjWonTl7NiE/w480-h640/DSCN0790.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQZqU5yoZ1BYaJangAiy4Z0xXPkcxoowmwhnuAIHEf8XkDfhDwlY7N9LOLOVT-mWemvWdtwgvV6iP6hh1R4pxrOnLDrdvsMsfagfM1ko_zgjHBlvHXIMq8wtbIopXAH7sx1qD0zoL-u4/s2048/DSCN0783.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ltdMa7MIIXY1rr2-xM8JwWePevePxna4PI40Wq29a_Plfl73KrU_NsVMNlPriSvC-eZE09ECIanI1E8xIccgXedxSUcarZVg8C6Nr_qiey_k9O5HjgghaaJENqXdrNMEbp2INXLnPJ4/s2048/DSCN0781.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ltdMa7MIIXY1rr2-xM8JwWePevePxna4PI40Wq29a_Plfl73KrU_NsVMNlPriSvC-eZE09ECIanI1E8xIccgXedxSUcarZVg8C6Nr_qiey_k9O5HjgghaaJENqXdrNMEbp2INXLnPJ4/w640-h480/DSCN0781.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And then finally in May the whole Dunstan Trail opened. As you can imagine it has been pretty busy especially on the weekends, so I left it a couple of weeks before I headed up to Cromwell. The whole trail is 58.3 from Smiths Way to Clyde, but if you leave from Cromwell its 48.3 km. (Bike It Now run a shuttle from Clyde to Cromwell for $45.00 per person and bike.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a beautiful autumn day and the colours were amazing. The trail wasn't crowded at all, in fact I only saw about 20 people the whole day, but it was a Wednesday. I imagine weekends there would be more people on it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You can also grab a coffee just before the Hugo Bridge from the floating cafe! Such an awesome idea.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS-bBH2vLkNXaAgrkJhSAAx35uGCTFnz_yc1gkAEJ4whdlt_j4v9HUazcbcqEZxuRXQnKtoxCBcDUCoRqdcf8jYfcn1mw0xK86z9uffioiokyNZKi3M2q2CvWm2Ia2ldK5gE3GM1TBpcs/s2048/DSCN1012.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS-bBH2vLkNXaAgrkJhSAAx35uGCTFnz_yc1gkAEJ4whdlt_j4v9HUazcbcqEZxuRXQnKtoxCBcDUCoRqdcf8jYfcn1mw0xK86z9uffioiokyNZKi3M2q2CvWm2Ia2ldK5gE3GM1TBpcs/w640-h480/DSCN1012.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6nxo01FYehui794rr-n7p8WWazU6WFa7nakJNFgpHuCrPCbnX6apq2lFXduHMRn5hrdOmnKEfMQrwK3T63bw7nkxAHYqzXPDmXAuebYkG4z5N7Pp79k0Q69HZlfdy8DM1tPQkohjwCs/s2048/DSCN1015.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6nxo01FYehui794rr-n7p8WWazU6WFa7nakJNFgpHuCrPCbnX6apq2lFXduHMRn5hrdOmnKEfMQrwK3T63bw7nkxAHYqzXPDmXAuebYkG4z5N7Pp79k0Q69HZlfdy8DM1tPQkohjwCs/w640-h480/DSCN1015.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVW_weqEbUS1q63JpCI3v-rJC5pEFCPTULauKiN8bwxGkR9nz8eLgX-_SCRhDjQBN9wYgFza4BlAGDgT1-RtXrdwsmZZID6GbLVZrL9EdkbgJzbFZUgRHwdnL68JeVhaqELE_hLgRiz5E/s2048/DSCN1020.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVW_weqEbUS1q63JpCI3v-rJC5pEFCPTULauKiN8bwxGkR9nz8eLgX-_SCRhDjQBN9wYgFza4BlAGDgT1-RtXrdwsmZZID6GbLVZrL9EdkbgJzbFZUgRHwdnL68JeVhaqELE_hLgRiz5E/w640-h480/DSCN1020.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I packed a picnic lunch and had a leisurely ride. The trail is great and such fun to ride with a couple of unexpected climbs (maybe I should have checked the elevation map first!). The clip ons around the bluffs are great and the Hugo suspension bridge is stunning.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigaiDMTfW1NHD-asBW5WufgQ-zO2A27w8M0j2bnfuJ4ANCw8nLGN_AGj9G1AnhVXFEVuoZwCXpNHTXuD7vTu9XTNO3XLJzAh0inmef_77FgGgBqkq9ZPQYXBw4SvuEk-cmTzlWqNfM3YI/s2048/DSCN1021.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigaiDMTfW1NHD-asBW5WufgQ-zO2A27w8M0j2bnfuJ4ANCw8nLGN_AGj9G1AnhVXFEVuoZwCXpNHTXuD7vTu9XTNO3XLJzAh0inmef_77FgGgBqkq9ZPQYXBw4SvuEk-cmTzlWqNfM3YI/w480-h640/DSCN1021.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09clhdnJK96Exu4zIwYMOMEjQ3nS0Mwu5NKmzy71fquWLgCiS2ga-jzOiyACqIZFPJV49kaLLpj6ViofVAp1OgmE8Y7DF4cXWfj6ZEjrVeuYz1JiI6O9-RfLXRVji7Y6MTLxfNFHHTDY/s2048/DSCN1018.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg09clhdnJK96Exu4zIwYMOMEjQ3nS0Mwu5NKmzy71fquWLgCiS2ga-jzOiyACqIZFPJV49kaLLpj6ViofVAp1OgmE8Y7DF4cXWfj6ZEjrVeuYz1JiI6O9-RfLXRVji7Y6MTLxfNFHHTDY/w480-h640/DSCN1018.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwembxgBamnRxvdPbaBG1ORyAMUJp6ESd6Agp-P72aWLoRTtqYHMP5PNkhZfO3xleu1FiiN0LciJ0OyWMEoVXmXXNyS0TmgRaOA_bIWh76etUAyg8jVLDZlXxcBD7YWB5sfaudbVXhVGQ/s2048/DSCN1032.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwembxgBamnRxvdPbaBG1ORyAMUJp6ESd6Agp-P72aWLoRTtqYHMP5PNkhZfO3xleu1FiiN0LciJ0OyWMEoVXmXXNyS0TmgRaOA_bIWh76etUAyg8jVLDZlXxcBD7YWB5sfaudbVXhVGQ/w640-h480/DSCN1032.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXc_pfHkBPOaY02fmVudQ2oZ7LbYZCTSAgVapyb2GMHlH1fl-TZHaVDpEdk5xaMT5zdEa0izFeD8TFRQySHb8WaV03tu9ztFHxlLEsCJpGf35hRRIuuKeH20RkVD5-6bHPQ30_xntOnBc/s2048/DSCN1026.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXc_pfHkBPOaY02fmVudQ2oZ7LbYZCTSAgVapyb2GMHlH1fl-TZHaVDpEdk5xaMT5zdEa0izFeD8TFRQySHb8WaV03tu9ztFHxlLEsCJpGf35hRRIuuKeH20RkVD5-6bHPQ30_xntOnBc/w480-h640/DSCN1026.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzCv02fN0Dd5djC0FL4mjDvRqmQKN8HifszvxFXJVIxXwKZOuYyZXxjbr-QPJ6kzJncRWjtDFjV-lv0CQgk-ss7C9FtomTdJY2LuvtztFN7pUqoY6niOohFWoj9vmtWVa9nv8o5lMdQts/s2048/DSCN1037.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzCv02fN0Dd5djC0FL4mjDvRqmQKN8HifszvxFXJVIxXwKZOuYyZXxjbr-QPJ6kzJncRWjtDFjV-lv0CQgk-ss7C9FtomTdJY2LuvtztFN7pUqoY6niOohFWoj9vmtWVa9nv8o5lMdQts/w640-h480/DSCN1037.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">This trail is graded 1-2 but I think it is a 2-3 grade trail. Yes some parts are cruisy, but I don't think it is for a novice rider. There are blind corners, the trail is narrow in parts and they do recommend dismounting on these parts if someone is riding towards you. </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">You also need to keep an eye out for those riders using it as a speed track, when in certain places there are 20km p/h signs in plain view.</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Overall it is a beautiful trail and well worth doing. I'll definitely be up there again shortly for another ride.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrrwu_Dxk8clhJ4l3mD7v7kBlcJmWaMhQUbzAkIg-7kZwC6QzDpmUQdf-A1cc53JgOoy3FN7XStK3t0jTQsdVjTI5yL2HVu0Qw4Xn5x8uFkeSw5YCgEa5WEH2yCCFGi0v6MwTU-RIzRZk/w640-h480/DSCN1040.JPG" width="640" /> </p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: center;"><i>"Its by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best."<br /></i></span></div></blockquote><p style="text-align: justify;"><i> Ernest Hemingway </i></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></div></blockquote></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrrwu_Dxk8clhJ4l3mD7v7kBlcJmWaMhQUbzAkIg-7kZwC6QzDpmUQdf-A1cc53JgOoy3FN7XStK3t0jTQsdVjTI5yL2HVu0Qw4Xn5x8uFkeSw5YCgEa5WEH2yCCFGi0v6MwTU-RIzRZk/s2048/DSCN1040.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Lindy Chinneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888432027965570545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271708155967696548.post-55767747220256300012021-01-09T15:44:00.000+13:002021-01-09T15:44:15.569+13:00Lake 2 Lake Bike Trail<p>We just had a short break away staying in Manapouri, and one of the things I wanted to do was ride the Lake 2 Lake Trail. After 3 days of heavy rain it finally cleared with perfect riding weather. This trail goes from Te Anau to Manapouri (or vice versa) with only about 4 km still uncompleted which means riding on the road. The road isn't busy, all flat and has a pretty decent shoulder.</p><p>This isn't a very long trail...only 32 kms, but the scenery is gorgeous and the trail itself is great fun to ride. A few little climbs, a nice bit of winding single track and a very good surface. </p><p>We decided to start in Te Anau, though I think this did mean more hills!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYTMPlI-2dtFDN_TJUHuLsWkDHJShr3qv-GighkmiNiwsW66I79s-k3obbwIFLDLqa8eWZLZ3qeMqmLgMKbb7-__-hbuBCjNOnYQHJ68HTxCEshaKtR0tm-MH9PRLy5Qb9m62bomKvOs/s2048/DSCN0876.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYTMPlI-2dtFDN_TJUHuLsWkDHJShr3qv-GighkmiNiwsW66I79s-k3obbwIFLDLqa8eWZLZ3qeMqmLgMKbb7-__-hbuBCjNOnYQHJ68HTxCEshaKtR0tm-MH9PRLy5Qb9m62bomKvOs/w640-h480/DSCN0876.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>The trail starts out around the edge of Lake Te Anau then veers inland, following the Waiau River on and off most of the way.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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You get the odd glimpse of the Waiau River and finally you end up at Lake Manapouri. 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Our first 4 nights we had this place...wonderful views of the lake and mountains.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOV4q0KCumiyeN88Wow458-rWJaB-HdD-eDxbIc6_BtGDAPgGLBlQUDSSyHgTNPKNcRx-2VQcW_zkRw-c-mXI_JuVupCUngvO2MptXEnOWw0jOJzUGnrw08UqfsSWMXRyzI7JVOgt7s4I/s2048/DSCN0872.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOV4q0KCumiyeN88Wow458-rWJaB-HdD-eDxbIc6_BtGDAPgGLBlQUDSSyHgTNPKNcRx-2VQcW_zkRw-c-mXI_JuVupCUngvO2MptXEnOWw0jOJzUGnrw08UqfsSWMXRyzI7JVOgt7s4I/w480-h640/DSCN0872.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Then we decided to stay one more night and had to relocate to this cute place.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJ6R8kYfa711mIM3vkv2PyaO9tl-f3ke_ZfLhtXxuyq6daXYOMQ2-Y_vnS5xfPy28hCEIR2Hy2shwvucs98esObYvLnwYs0QHZOVMsq8d_bwHARjUJA4IXdDfgAWunwL7kzDZYItkveA/s2048/DSCN0930.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJ6R8kYfa711mIM3vkv2PyaO9tl-f3ke_ZfLhtXxuyq6daXYOMQ2-Y_vnS5xfPy28hCEIR2Hy2shwvucs98esObYvLnwYs0QHZOVMsq8d_bwHARjUJA4IXdDfgAWunwL7kzDZYItkveA/w480-h640/DSCN0930.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would definitely ride this trail again, pack a picnic lunch to enjoy on the way...perfect day!</div></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>" In a world of constant change and streaming technology, I find solace in the forest where a tree remains a tree."</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i> Angie Weiland-Crosby</i></p><div><div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><h1 class="section-hero-header-title-title GLOBAL__gm2-headline-5" jsan="7.section-hero-header-title-title,7.GLOBAL__gm2-headline-5" jstcache="126" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.375rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.75rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></h1></div><br /><br /></div>Lindy Chinneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888432027965570545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271708155967696548.post-19680392798211129202020-05-06T15:21:00.000+12:002020-05-07T14:57:41.905+12:00An update.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Well it has been quite a while since I have posted on my blog, so I thought time to do a bit of an update for those of you wondering what has happened to my adventures with Birdy.<br />
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After my big tour I was all keen to do another long ride and had toyed with the idea of doing the Munda Biddi Trail in Western Australia, but then decided I would like to ride from Brisbane to my sisters house on the central coast of New South Wales.<br />
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But as sometimes happens in life the unexpected occurred. Birdy and I were out for a day ride last year and we had a wee bit of an accident. I tore the cartilage in my hip but luckily Birdy was fine. Because of this injury I ended up also tearing the meniscus in my knee a month later and needed surgery on that. Its been a long process but I am back riding though I think I will always have a bit of knee trouble now. Of course I haven't ruled out more bike touring......<br />
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So that's the update! I thought I would share with you some of the places I have been biking since my last post. All of these are local rides for me which given the current situation of lockdown, I feel pretty lucky to have this on my doorstep.<br />
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<i>"The bottom line is, what defines you isn't how many times you crash, but the number of times you get back on the bike. As long as it's one more, your all good."</i><br />
<i> Sarah Dressen</i></div>
Lindy Chinneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888432027965570545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271708155967696548.post-53868067762095851472018-10-10T16:59:00.000+13:002018-10-10T16:59:04.416+13:00Danseys Pass, A2O and Elephant Rocks!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This isn't a post about a long bike ride, more about a long weekend with a short bike ride. Mark and I headed off to <a href="http://www.danseyspass.com/index2.html" target="_blank">Danseys Pass Camping Ground</a> for a short break. What a great little campground! I highly recommend it. There is a beautiful river running right by and a really good swimming hole. The water was a bit too chilly to go swimming, but I imagine in summer in would be lovely.<br />
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There wasn't bike trails to ride, so we rode around the campground and down along the river. Great fun for Mark who loves finding obstacles to ride over and banks to ride down.</div>
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The next day we loaded up the bikes and headed to Kurow. I wanted to check out part of the Alps to Ocean (A2O) bike trial that runs from Mt. Cook to the coast at Oamaru. Its in my plan to ride the whole 300km this summer, so this was a chance to check out just a small portion. First we headed past Kurow to the Aviemore and Wataki Dams, just to have a look at a couple of the campsites on the trail.</div>
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Then Mark dropped me off at Kurow and I headed off to Duntroon on the A2O trail, telling him "oh it will only take me an hour and a bit." The first couple of km's was very pretty following the river. I wasn't too fussed on the surface on the trail, it was loose river gravel I think, and really slowed me down.</div>
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After that, as much as I don't like saying this...the trail was boring. I thought I would be following the river but instead you ride along a gravel road with huge gorse bushes pretty much obscuring any view you may have. Add into this a very loose gravel surface and strong headwind and my ride was starting to feel more like a chore. After a couple of river crossings and wet feet, I hit the highway again before veering off past paddocks, and I did catch a few glimpses of the river.</div>
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I met up with Mark who was riding from the other direction to meet me and just to top the ride off, I got a puncture!!! The ride into Duntroon goes through the newly established Duntroon Wetlands, They have done an enormous amount of planting there and once it all starts growing will look spectacular.</div>
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So after all that it was getting a bit late so we headed back to the campground via Elephant Rocks. The whole area around here was once an inland sea, and there are amazing outcrops of all different types of rocks everywhere as well as an abundance of fossils. Crazy to think it was all seabed once. </div>
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Its been a while since I have posted. Most of my riding this summer has been around where I live, and now winter is nearly here with shorter days, it will be harder to get out for decent rides after work. I have also been battling with an inflamed elbow so thought best to get that sorted before any more long rides.<br />
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But yesterday I had to drive up to Arrowtown to drop a piece off for an exhibition, and thought what a perfect opportunity to take advantage of a glorious autumn day and have a good ride. I decided to ride along the Gibbston Trail from Arrowtown first and could not have asked for a better day...no wind, sun shining and all the trees just started to change colour. There was even a dusting of snow on the mountains!<br />
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The trail branches off and you can either keep heading down the Gibbston Valley or take the turn towards Queenstown. I decided to do that as I wanted to join up with the Lake Hayes trail and ride back into Arrowtown.</div>
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It was such stunning scenery looking down over the river with Queenstown in the background. There were a few short, cheekily steep climbs but overall it was a fairly easy trail. I did nearly come off once though....it pays to look ahead when zooming down a hill and suddenly you come upon a very sharp hairpin turn! It was obvious that I hadn't been the only who had to brake sharply and skid to a stop on that corner, judging by the tyre marks!</div>
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The Lake Hayes trail starts in the Lake Hayes Estate which was kind of nice riding on the smooth tar seal and looking at all the new houses. Funny what people get up to on their weekends.</div>
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After crossing the highway and checking out the historic horse trough, it was time to bike around Lake Hayes. I decided to go around the left hand side of the lake and I think it is quite a bit steeper than the right. It was also the shady side which may have been a mistake as the afternoon chill was creeping in. At least the hill climbs keep you warm.</div>
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I highly recommend the trails around Queenstown and Arrowtown. They are very well maintained, spectacular scenery and best of all they link up so no road riding.</div>
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By the time I got back to Arrowtown I was needing a bit of sustenance and feeling slightly chilly, so what could be a better way to end my day than sitting in front of an outdoor fire, with a glass of Merlot and a big bowl of hot wedges listening to a guy playing blues.</div>
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Lindy Chinneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888432027965570545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271708155967696548.post-41975066175620652792017-12-30T22:19:00.001+13:002017-12-31T10:50:18.483+13:00Forestry Trails & Face Plants <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
One of the worse things about running your own business is working when everyone else is on holidays, but one of the best things is you can take a day off when you feel like it...and that's exactly what I did yesterday. Marks birthday was a good reason to go adventuring for the day.<br />
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I had read about the mountain bike trails in the Naseby forest and was keen to go and have a look, so that is where we went. There is 500 hectares of privately owned forestry full of mountain bike trails of all different grades. (If you are interested in finding out more click <a href="http://www.centralotagonz.com/cycling-trails/ranfurly-naseby" target="_blank">here</a>.)<br />
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It was also a good chance to check out the road from Lawrence to Middlemarch, as that is the next challenge I am setting myself...30 kms of gravel and hills, then 50 kms of highway and hills. And not nice gradual hills but steep and short (ish) ones.<br />
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Naseby is a lovely town with a lot of history dating back to the goldminers, and still quite a few original old buildings.<br />
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We both needed to eat before tackling these tracks and and headed to the only cafe in town, The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/blackforestcafe.co.nz/" target="_blank">Black Forest Cafe</a>. The food was so good and I filled up on sourdough bread, sundried tomato chutney type thing with avocado and feta mashed on top and a poached egg. </div>
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Now it was time to check out some trails. There was a bike trail map available from the info centre but it wasn't that detailed. There was a trail that seemed to be the main one with other trails branching off it.<br />
This main trail is called the Mt Ida Water Race Trail and does follow an old water race. I think we took a wrong turn to get to it and ended up on a single track that was way out of my capabilities, but as we all know...no shame in walking!<br />
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Once we got to the water race trail it was really easy riding and very well maintained. Amazing to think that this water race was all dug by hand back in the 1870's. They even had siphon points where the water race crossed a low point and you can still see all of this when you ride the trail.<br />
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We passed some lovely dams and forested areas, also quite a bit of the forestry had been logged and replanted. It's such a great idea to be able to utilize all this land for trails. </div>
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So there I am..riding along a nice easy trail and come to a slightly narrow part. The rain had washed a big groove into the trail so my brain said go around that but what did I do? I went straight through the groove, my pedal hit the side and I veered sideways to the left and plummeted down a 5ft bank! Somewhere between leaving the trail and landing at the bottom, I face planted down into the scrub, rolled and Birdys handlebars hit my cheek. All I could do was lie there and laugh since I wasn't hurt. Poor Mark..one minute I'm riding in front of him and then bang, I'm heading off over the side!</div>
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I was fine though and we kept riding, but when I woke up this morning my body sure did ache and my ankle was pretty swollen. But minor injuries and it could have been worse.</div>
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After riding the 20kms there and back on the water race trail, we investigated some of the others. I was OK on the Intermediate Grade 3 trails but I think any more than that and I would be struggling. I enjoy single track biking to a certain degree, but would much rather ride long km's on good trails. Also I just don't have the skill nor the balance to feel confident riding difficult terrain.</div>
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After mucking around on the trails for a while it was off to the <a href="http://www.ancientbriton.co.nz/" target="_blank">Ancient Briton</a> Hotel for a beer and sit down. Jess, the hotel dog was big and friendly and the beer went down a treat. It was such a hot day that I could have easily sat there all afternoon and had a couple more.</div>
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For anyone who likes biking I would recommend you check Naseby Forest out. You can get to Naseby from the Otago Rail Trail..its not too far to ride from the trail and there is a camping ground to stay in.</div>
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It was a fun day out and I will definitely be heading back to Naseby.</div>
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Lindy Chinneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888432027965570545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271708155967696548.post-15696191933994147592017-11-26T19:18:00.000+13:002017-11-28T14:22:33.823+13:00Pack up the gear RB, we are heading off!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We have been having some gorgeous weather here...lovely hot days that are perfect for riding except work seems to get in the way. So I decided to head off this weekend for an overnight camp to my favourite camping ground at <a href="http://millersflat.co.nz/" target="_blank">Millers Flat</a>.<br />
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I haven't had a night in my tent since the end of the bike tour and to be honest, I was missing it. I love my little tent. So I packed up the panniers, loaded Birdy up, tucked RB (Roadside Bear that I found by the road in the USA, but RB to his friends) into a secure spot and off we went. ( Buggy gets to go on the overseas trips Elsie!)<br />
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It was a scorcher of a day which suits me, I love riding in the heat. Pulled over here for a drink and the locals seemed very interested in Birdy.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">Got to the campground after a slight detour to have a wee nap by the river. It was so nice to be setting up my tent again!</span></div>
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I decided that since it was still early I would ride to Roxburgh, only another 19kms further on the trail, and grab some fish, chips and a beer to picnic by the river. It was a beautiful ride, the Lombardy Poplars <span style="text-align: left;">were shedding all their seed tufts and it looked like snow in some places.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Of course the Clutha River was looking as stunning as it normally does. One of the great things about this trail is how it follows the river, and the river and flora around it is always changing. I never get sick of riding through here as its different every time.</span></div>
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I really enjoyed camping out again and can't wait until my next tour. The plan is in April to bike the length of the south island here in New Zealand, and then in September get myself to Western Australia to ride the<a href="https://www.mundabiddi.org.au/" target="_blank"> Munda Biddi Trail.</a> This is a 1000kms off road trail and in September the wildflowers will be out, so it should be spectacular.</div>
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Until then I have to be happy with short overnight trips and day rides. Heres a few pics of recent rides to whet the appetite of all my overseas friends to come to NZ and ride with me!</div>
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20, 21, 22, 23, 24 & 25 July<br />
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By the time we got back to Williams on the train it was late afternoon, but it was only just over an hour to get to Sedona so not to bad. I was looking forward to seeing Sedona as it is known as a big centre for the arts, so I was hoping to see some weaving.<br />
We drove through some beautiful scenery especially as we hit Oak Creek and I got my first glimpse of the colours of the rocks. The sun was setting as we got to Sedona, so I could only see the outlines of the surrounding landscape and not the colours.<br />
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We were staying in a great Air Bnb place Alan had found, for 5 nights...plenty of time for hiking, biking and relaxing. Waking up in the morning and walking outside I was speechless at the landscape. It was stunning and these huge red, red rocky outcrops right on our doorstep.<br />
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It was a toss up what to do the first day...off roading in Hobbes or biking? We ended up driving to the Broken Arrow trail, then going for a ride. Unfortunately Birdy still had on her slick tyres for the road which made navigating the rocky trail a bit of a nightmare, with hardly any grip whatsoever. Alan on the other hand with his chunky fat tyres, went roaring over the rocks as easy as anything. But at least even though I had to take it really slow, I could feel smug that I was so much fitter!<br />
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The afternoon was spent checking out Sedona. Firstly up to the touristy part of town...given that I have about a 15 second tolerance in tacky tourist shops, it was a quick visit to this part of town. </div>
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After that Alan took me to place called Tlaquepaque Arts and Crafts Village. There was some amazing work in these galleries and shops, beautiful jewellery and bronze work, a fabulous rug shop with beautiful Navajo Rugs but what I loved the most was the complex itself. The architecture was gorgeous, and the outdoor sculptures, garden and fountains so stunning. I could easily imagine myself setting up a studio here!</div>
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We also visit a couple of other galleries...one in particular who's name I have forgotten, is listed as one of the top 10 galleries in the USA. There were some outstanding artworks and sculptures in this gallery but no weaving...in fact I saw no weaving besides Navajo Rug weaving in Sedona. There was one weaver who had a studio but it was by appointment only.</div>
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After a good meal, wine and a relaxing evening we woke to another perfect weather day and decided to go off roading in Hobbes. Alan has been coming to Sedona for many years and knows the good trails to go on. I was really keen to go down some super steep ones so we headed off to the Broken Arrow trail again.</div>
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So far the trail had been fairly tame, not too steep but that was about to change! Alan first took me to a smaller incline and the poor guy...after the first time I was grinning from ear to ear and said can we do that again? And we did...4 times! Then he had to do it again so I could take photos.</div>
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Its hard to show in the photos the gradient of this slope. It was much steeper than what it looks.</div>
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So after going down this one a few times we drove to the Devils Staircase. I think the name says it all. If I was grinning from ear to ear before, now I was nearly jumping out of my seat having so much fun! I loved going down this track and Hobbes is such an awesome vehicle, I never understood before how well these Jeeps perform...just incredible. So at the top of the Devil's Staircase I looked down and thought this is going to be epic...and it was!</div>
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After the Devils Staircase Alan drove to an easier trail and it was my turn to drive. OMG this was great fun! At first it was all pretty flat with some rocks, I kept veering to the right hand side of the road and Alan would have to say "tree, tree" so I didn't scrape the side of Hobbes, but I did get the hang of this wrong side of the road driving eventually. (Well nearly.)</div>
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Then we came to a slope which I thought uh oh, way out of my skill level but my very good instructor had confidence in me and with his guidance I made it slowly to the bottom. I have to admit it doesn't look steep in the photos, but when you are driving down it, it is. We named this Lindys Slope!</div>
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I loved, loved this day and had such an awesome time..hence so many photos. Alan is very skilled at off roading and knew what he was doing. I knew he wouldn't take any unnecessary risks. I was unsure about heading down "my" slope, but his confidence in me and direction enabled me to do it AND drive back up the slope and down again! I drove us out off the trail until we met the road again. (My confidence doesn't extend to driving in traffic on the wrong side.)</div>
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The landscape is so breathtaking...the intensity of the redness in the rocks is hard to capture in a photograph. The rock formations themselves are beautiful. It truly is a special place.</div>
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The next day I went for a quick ride around the neighbourhood checking out the houses, then we went for another bike ride on the Soldiers Pass Road trail. After a quick bite for lunch we headed off to a place called Jerome...about 50kms from Sedona. This is such a cool town, set up in the hills and it use to be a mining town then everyone moved out. It was pretty much a ghost town until hippies and artists moved in. Now it is full of quirky shops, galleries and a supposedly haunted hotel.</div>
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I really liked Jerome and it is probably one of the few places I visited on my trip that I could imagine myself living in. The town had a great feel to it and there seemed to be a very vibrant arts community. Looking at the cars and traffic, it looks as though it has become a destination for people to visit when they are staying in Sedona.</div>
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That night we had a BBQ at our Air Bnb. The woman that owns the house had talked about the javelinas getting into the rubbish and neither of us knew what they were. I imagined she was talking about some critter that looked like a possum, but that night we were sitting outside BBQing and we saw some! I didn't take a photo so grabbed one off google so you can see what they are.</div>
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This big male came right up to us and then a female appeared with some youngsters. There ended up being quite a lot of them wandering around.</div>
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Our last day in Sedona was spent hiking. I had dropped Birdy off at a bike shop to get cleaned down and boxed up ready for the flight home, so we drove out to Doe Mountain and walked up to the top for a spectacular view of the area.</div>
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We picked Birdy all boxed up on our way back and it hit me then that in 2 days time I would be back in New Zealand!</div>
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I really enjoyed our break in Sedona...the scenery is spectacular, the colours of the landscape at times look so vibrant and are changing all the time. Sedona itself is an interesting town with some stunning houses, interesting galleries and great restaurants as well as a plethora of new age and alternative practitioners doing all manner of things! We couldn't have asked for better weather, and then waking up on the last day it was raining! Here some photos of the Air Bnb place and a rainy Sedona as we were leaving.</div>
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We were heading to Phoenix today so I could meet up with a friend for lunch, and then a long drive to LA. The rain stayed with us all the way to Phoenix, but after lunch it cleared and got very hot. We stopped at a gas station and I jumped out with barefeet. If I hadn't run fast I would have burnt the soles of my feet. The temperature in Hobbes said it was 117 degrees F outside, which in my language is 47 degrees C or pretty damn hot!</div>
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I was in for a treat on my last night of my big adventure. A couple of months earlier Alan had sent me a message to say he had booked a place to stay on my last night. I assumed it would be a generic airport hotel but no...my last night was to be spent on the Queen Mary! She is a beautiful old ocean liner that since the 1970's has been permanently moored in Long Beach.</div>
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I have never been on any type of cruise boat before so was looking forward to this. The added bonus was we struck hardly any traffic all the way into LA and Long Beach, which is unheard of.</div>
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We had a quick explore around the boat then settled on the deck for pre dinner drinks and a relax. The Queen Mary is moored opposite Long Beach Marina, so you get a great view across the bay and at night, the city lights.</div>
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After the tour it was time to head off to the airport. I am one of these people that like to arrive early for a flight, and I get all antsy until I am safely at the airport. So we left in plenty of time assuming there would be a lot of traffic but no...I think I bring good karma to LA traffic as we didn't get stuck in any at all, even at the airport Alan dropped me off right in front of the terminal and got a park right near the entrance!</div>
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Got Birdy and my bag all checked in, had something to eat then I was off to my plane. It was hard saying goodbye to Tinker in Seattle, and it was just as hard saying goodbye to Alan. We had such a great time away, this was our third roadtrip together and we are good travelling friends. Thankyou Alan for everything and for being my support guy for Birdy and I.</div>
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I am very fortunate to have such a great best friend in my life and to be able to spend time together is very special.</div>
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I wasn't looking forward to my adventure being over, I could have easily hopped on Birdy and kept going, but I was looking forward to seeing Mark after nearly 10 weeks away. We did keep in regular contact on Skype, but I had so much to tell him about all my adventures!</div>
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I met some awesome people on my travels, saw wonderful things and had the best time. I would do it all again in a heartbeat. So thankyou to everyone who's path crossed with mine (sorry I didn't get photos of you all) and made my adventure one hell of a good time.</div>
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17th, 18th and 19th July<br />
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This morning we started heading west towards Las Vegas and the desert...a lot of desert. It was an interesting drive with some stunning flat scenery and the hills in the background half hidden in a heat haze. And boy was it hot!<br />
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Arrived in Las Vegas in the afternoon and I couldn't stop looking around as we drove in. I could already see an Egyptian pyramid, and we drove by New York and a medieval castle! The strip did look a bit dull in the daytime but it was still fascinating and pretty tacky in a good way.<br />
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We were staying at the MGM Grand and after driving around endless roads and carpark levels, we finally worked out where to go. Neither of us was too keen to leave the bikes on the back of Hobbes the jeep, so I asked at the desk if we could leave them in the luggage storage. But no we couldn't, so the only thing to do was get Birdy and Alan's bike and wheel them through the lobby and the casino, though it was tempting to ride them through. Luckily we were on the ground floor and didn't have to negotiate the lift full of people.<br />
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So....I have to tell you about my big Vegas win. As we were walking through the MGM casino, I said to Alan I have to play a pokie machine at least once while I am here. I had no small change so he gave me $5 in coins and told me to walk around until a machine "spoke" to me. Well none did, so I sat down and put through $4 and won zero, then I lent over to the machine next to me, dropped in the last dollar and won $20! You would have thought it was $200,000 the way I reacted. So off I went to collect my winnings, well actual Alan's winnings as it was his dollar that won but I was feeling very pleased with myself that I won in Vegas!<br />
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Now it was time to explore The Strip and check out all these casinos. Alan wanted to take me to The Venetian which is his favourite one and it was unbelievable. Once you go inside these casinos you have no idea what time it is, there are no windows, no clocks, the ceilings was painted exactly like the sky on a sunny day and they are huge. The shops are amazing...very much designer label in the Venetian and well out of my price range but it was fun to stroll by and window shop.</div>
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I have never seen a Cirque du Soleil show and it is one of the stage shows I always wanted to see. Alan knew this and it was a big part of why we came to Vegas on our roadtrip. He got us tickets to a Cirque du Soleil show!! They have a permanent stage set up in one of the theatres at the MGM Grand and stage his favourite show Ka.</div>
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I can't even begin to describe how wonderful this show was...it was brilliant. The costumes were incredible and the acrobatics were amazing. The time just flew by and I didn't want the show to end. It was all so stunning and also very personal, it didn't feel like I was sitting in a large theatre with other people, you just get so engrossed in the performance and everything else fades away.</div>
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After the show we went to look at the fountain show at the Bellagio Casino, then wandered back to the MGM. The strip at night with all the lights is pretty spectacular and its a great place to people watch, especially the ones drinking daiquiri slushies out of plastic pint glasses or even worse...plastic Eiffel Tower glasses that are about a metre long!</div>
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I did enjoy seeing Las Vegas and its the sort of place that is kind of a must see, but only once. One night was enough for me, unless you are taking in a few shows, it could get pretty boring if you don't want to sit in a casino and gamble all day.</div>
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So we headed off the next day to a place called called Williams. This was our overnight stop so we could get the train to the Grand Canyon, but first we had to go visit the Hoover Dam. It was on my "to do" list, we have a thing about dams in our family. My dad worked for the Sydney Water Board as the Principal Survey Draughtsman, and we would often go visit the Water Board dams and have family picnics. I do love dams.</div>
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What can I say. The Hoover dam is an amazing feat of engineering and to appreciate it you really need to do the tour that takes you down inside the dam wall. Once inside you can see how beautifully designed and built it is, the floors are all terrazzo with inlay motifs. Well worth paying the money for the tour.</div>
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After the tour we started to walk across the top of the dam but it was sooo hot. There was a hot breeze blowing that felt like someone had a hairdryer on high pointing at you. We did walk to the border between Nevada and Arizona on the dam wall so I could hop from state to state and two different time zones. The picture below shows where the water level use to be on Lake Mead, and where it is now due to the drought. When you multiply that by the size of the lake, that is an awful lot of water.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">So it was onto Williams...we didn't really have time to investigate the town, but driving through it to the hotel it looked slightly like a wild west film set to me. I'm not sure if it was built to look that way for the tourists or if towns like that actually exist!</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">We were up bright and early the next day to catch the train to the Grand Canyon. I really enjoyed the trip up, just staring out the window watching the scenery go by. It was a great way to get there and gave Alan a day off driving too.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Walking up from the train station to the edge of the Grand Canyon I wasn't sure what to expect. Of course I had seen photos of it and thought I "knew" what it looked like, but nothing can prepare you for the sheer beauty of it. To say I was overwhelmed doesn't seem to be enough, seeing the Grand Canyon for the first time made me cry. It is so beautiful, so vast, the size of it is mind blowing and the colours, the way they change all the time is spectacular. The weather was perfect and the clouds added so much to the experience, watching the shadows they make playing over the canyon.</span></div>
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We had all day to spend walking around and that's exactly what we did. They have a great walking track all around the edge of the canyon, you can walk down into it (or ride a mule down) but that is not a quick nor easy hike. One day I would like to go back and hike to the bottom and camp, just to see the view looking up.</div>
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Just as we were walking back to the train station it started to pour with rain, a real deluge and we both got saturated. But hopping back onto the train we had a couple of glasses of red wine and soon warmed up. They have entertainment on the train and we had a singing cowboy for part of the way back. (Its amazing how 2 glasses of red wine can make a person think they are singing Zip a dee doo dah in tune!) Then the train got held up by bandits on horses, riding alongside the carriage before jumping onto the train and trying to rob us. It was all pretty touristy but sooo much fun!!!</div>
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So back to Williams and then we headed off down the road to Sedona. Alan had booked a place in Sedona for 5 nights and we both were looking forward to being in the one place for a while.</div>
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<i>Thankyou Alan for taking such beautiful photos of the Grand Canyon, most of them are his.</i></div>
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Lindy Chinneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888432027965570545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271708155967696548.post-80323895498387797722017-10-29T16:14:00.000+13:002017-10-29T18:46:11.244+13:00Paso Robles & San Simeon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
13, 14, 15 & 16 July<br />
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I woke up at Tiffs in time to have a quick cup of coffee, then it was time to ride with her to Oakland Station to catch my Amtrak train to Paso Robles and then to be reunited with Birdy!<br />
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We got to the station and the train had been delayed by 2 hours but that was no worry. I can quite happily sit and people watch for a couple of hours, so said a sad farewell to Tiff and after a couple of huge big hugs she was off. I'm sure we will see each other again one day. Both of us have unfinished bike touring business in each others country.<br />
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So time passed and the delay grew longer....train was 4 hours late now and I was starving. No breakfast except coffee and a couple of mini tortillas I had in my pannier, a bit of peanut butter and an apple. Finally the train turned up and I thought yay I'll get some brunch but no.....the kiosk didn't open for another 2 hours! But I did finally get to eat a pretty bad pizza which by that time I was so hungry it tasted good.<br />
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The train trip itself was uneventful and late, but it was interesting watching the scenery go by. Any new place is interesting to me.<br />
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So the train slowly, and I mean slowly made its way to Paso Robles. We were now 5 hours behind schedule and I knew there was no way I was going to get to the bike shop in time to pick up Birdy, which meant no way to get the camping ground out of town. So I rang the bike shop to let them know I wouldn't be in and they hadn't even got Birdy out of her box yet!<br />
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Now I am normally a very easy going sort of person, if something goes wrong I just take it in my stride but at this point I was feeling stressed. On a slow train to Paso Roble, no bike, no idea where I was going to stay or what time I would arrive, no wifi on the train, and a super slow network connection on my phone AND I was hungry.<br />
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So my dear friend Alan got a very stressed phonecall, with me barking instructions to him to book me the cheapest hotel he could find in Paso Robles. Of course the wonderful friend that he is, he looked at the cheapest hotel and decided he didn't want me staying there, and instead treated me to two nights in a much, much nicer place. Again thank you so much bestie.<br />
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Everything sorted I was now only hungry but much happier, finally arrived into Paso Robles and it was soooo hot, even at 6.30 at night. I struggled up the street with all my bags to the hotel and collapsed into my room, but not for long. A quick shower and I was out for food and glass of wine.<br />
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Paso Robles is a lovely town with a big park in the middle of the town square. All the streets surrounding the park are filled with shops, expensive looking boutiques, cafes, bars and bistros, wine tasting rooms and those awful homeware shops selling faux country furniture.<br />
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The Park was filled with people and on closer investigation there was a blues concert going on, lots of people picnicking on the grass, so I found myself a nice little cafe where I could hear the music and ordered a very nice glass of red and some food. As a snack I had home made bread with bee pollen butter! Never heard of bee pollen butter before and it was delicious.<br />
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Next day I set off to pick Birdy up and she was set to go. I felt so happy having her back and we rode all around Paso Robles, biked up the highway to all the chain stores and grocery stores and then ended up having a picnic in the park and chatting to another touring cyclist.</div>
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So my time in Paso Robles ended up better than what I thought it would. My plan the next day was to start riding to the coast and meet my friend Alan somewhere on the road, but he had concerns about me biking in 42 plus degree heat. Of course I said I'll be fine but I did end up listening to his voice of reason...I'm not use to biking in such hot weather. So my bike tour has officially ended and time to start The Roadtrip.</div>
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I was all packed up, ready to go and looking forward to seeing my friend. I'm so lucky to have two best friends (besides Mark of course!) in Alan and Tinker. The downside is that they both live so far away from me. We chat on skype almost daily but its the little things you miss like meeting up for a pizza and wine, or beer and onion rings! So getting to spend time with Tinker at the start of my trip and now 10 days with Alan at the end is such a treat.</div>
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So Alan drives up in Hobbes (his red jeep) and after 7 weeks on the road alone, it was so great to see a familiar face I nearly cried and couldn't wipe the grin off my face either! After a big hug we loaded up Hobbes with my gear and yay....theres my pack I sent to Alan from Seattle, which means I have different clothes to wear! Our first stop out of Paso Robles is a couple of wineries. </div>
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There was one owned by a kiwi and it was so nice just sitting outside with a glass of wine chatting and catching up.</div>
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It certainly was a hot day and the road had very little shelter, so I was glad not to be biking. Our destination was Cambria for night and the next day we were booked on a tour of Hearst Castle. But before that I was treated to a wonderful pampering at a spa in San Simeon. Since I had stopped biking every day my body was feeling more achy than ever, so the massage was just the thing.</div>
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Next day it was off to Hearst Castle. What an amazing place! We did the Grand Rooms tour and it wasn't like I expected at all. The story behind the building of the castle and history is so interesting, and the the castle itself has to be seen to be believed. A lot of the rooms had a very medieval feel to them, and a gorgeous tiled swimming pool that looked like it belonged in Ancient Greece, while the outside had a very Moorish feel to it. The views from the castle down to the coast were stunning and the property is still run as a ranch. The castle and grounds were gifted to the state of California.</div>
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I could have watched these Elephant seals for hours. They are the funniest things, lying in the sun then occasionally tossing sand over themselves or heaving themselves to a better position. There was also a lot of fighting going on between the males so maybe it was mating season. Alan came up with a great collective noun for them....a flatulence of Elephant seals! He also gets credit for the seal photos.</div>
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Not much to say about Santa Paula...had dinner in a mum and dad Mexican place. I am still underwhelmed by Mexican food, but I don't think I have ever eaten really good Mexican. Also I prefer the spices and seasonings of Indian and Asian food and find Mexican food a bit bland and heavy.</div>
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Lindy Chinneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888432027965570545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271708155967696548.post-58140424169516744132017-10-22T15:35:00.000+13:002017-10-23T10:32:42.352+13:00Day 49 San Francisco<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
12 July<br />
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Got to San Francisco in one piece after an interesting trip with Amtrak.<br />
The 8 hour bus ride to Martinez was actually pretty good and I got to see a lot of countryside as well as driving through Humboldt Redwood Forest. The shoulder looked quite narrow on the highway and the road was very busy, so a part of me was quite glad not to be riding it!<br />
Caught the train after a few false starts. Why don't they have signs saying where the train is going to? I nearly got on the wrong train, going in the wrong direction, then nearly missed my train and had to run over the tracks to get it. It was one more short bus trip and I arrived in San Francisco to a huge big hug from Tiff.<br />
Tiff had stayed with us last year when she was on a bike tour of NZ and we had stayed in touch, so it was great to catch up with her. Dropped my gear off at her place, met Whiskers (because you are what you eat) then headed off with Tiff and her dad Kevin to Chinatown for a feed.<br />
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I had been to San Francisco before and loved it, but this time it was a different experience. After a good nights sleep Tiff and I set off on a bike riding adventure around the whole city. Well.. it felt like the whole city! First stop was catching the BART to the centre of town from Oakland, then we biked around Fishermans Wharf to the Palace of Fine Arts. What a beautiful building!</div>
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There was a bit of sea mist hanging over the Golden Gate Bridge, so we took a leisurely ride through the Presido until the mist cleared enough for our ride across the bridge. This park has so much to look at...an old fort with historic buildings which now houses all sorts of things including the Walt Disney museum, a war cemetery, and endless trails to explore. But our goal was the ride across the Golden Gate Bridge.</div>
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The mist lifted enough for us to see the bridge and view. They do this odd thing on the bridge and only open one side for both pedestrians and cyclists, even though they have walkways on either side. At certain times of the day both sides are open. As you can imagine its a popular tourist thing to do and I managed to ride across without wiping out anyone. It was only crowded at either end, seems like most pedestrians are too lazy to walk all the way across, but we rode the whole length both ways.</div>
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By then it was time for lunch so we headed off to the Golden Gate Park via a grocery store for picnic supplies and sat watching the bison while we picnicked.</div>
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Golden Gate Park is huge, you could easily spend quite a few days here riding around and checking out all the museums and galleries, as well as heaps of trails.</div>
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I never thought I would be comfortable riding around a big city since all my riding is done on quiet country roads with none or very little traffic. San Francisco was such an easy city to ride around, it really caters for bikes. Of course it also helped that I had such a great guide in Tiff. She rides everywhere and her business is a non profit bike shop. </div>
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People donate bikes, or the police ring her with ones they find and she restores them, then gives them to people who can't afford a bike or people who have lost everything in fires etc. She also sells some bikes (she does have to pay rent and feed herself after all!) so if you are in the market for a great bike check her out at <a href="http://baybikerescue.com/" target="_blank">Bay Area Bicycle Rescue.</a></div>
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She really looked after me biking around, made sure I didn't get stuck in traffic or hit by a car.</div>
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Once we had our picnic it was time to head off to the ports. Tiff's father Kevin works on a huge ship that was in port and invited us over for tour. We went via the famous street that houses the Painted Ladies Victorian Houses.</div>
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Kevin is in the merchant navy and the ship is used by the navy to transport all types of vehicles to where they are needed. It was tied up right next to its sister ship which we had to walk through then cross onto Kevin's ship. It was an extremely long way down to the water! I had never been on such a huge cargo ship (or any ship) in my life. The engines alone are five stories high!</div>
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It was so cool being shown around and we got to meet the Captain and have dinner in the galley. They do eat well on these ships!</div>
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Thankyou so much Kevin for taking the time out to show me around.</div>
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After our dinner in the galley, Kevin kindly gave us a lift home. I was feeling pretty tired by this time. We had biked and explored for nearly 9 hours, but Tiff had one last place she wanted to show me...The Morcom Rose Garden in Oakland. It was beautiful and the sun was just setting when we got there...perfect time and all the roses were out. I forgot to take my camera though!</div>
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Thank you Tiff for a fabulous day and two great nights sleep!!! I had such a wonderful time with the perfect bike tour guide and was sad to say goodbye to Tiff and Whiskers, but I'm sure we will meet up again one day.</div>
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Tomorrow its time for another train trip...this time to Paso Robles to be reunited with Birdy, and I managed to book into a campground out of town, so my last two nights camping....or so I thought.</div>
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Lindy Chinneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888432027965570545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271708155967696548.post-64960770676113416272017-10-16T14:59:00.000+13:002017-10-16T15:03:34.007+13:00Day 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 & 48 Elk Prairie & Eureka<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Elk Prairie State Park is beautiful. There is an actual prairie field and it is home to the Roosevelt herd of elks which number about 30. There were also a few baby elks about but you could only ever see the top of their ears peeping out of the long grass.<br />
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After getting to Elk Prairie I had another change of plan. I had intended to stay one night then head onto Eureka and get down to Humboldt State Park for a couple of nights, then back to Eureka to send Birdy to Paso Robles and catch the bus.</div>
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But I thought why do I need to see other redwoods when I am amongst such awesome trees now? So after sweet talking the park ranger, I was going to be able stay 3 nights in Elk Prairie. A lot of state parks have a minimum stay for hiker/bikers. I think its to make sure that homeless people and vagrants don't camp for long periods in the parks.</div>
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Claire had biked in the previous night and she was going to stay for the three nights too, then Axel biked in tonight and decided to stay a couple of nights! This was our little campsite.</div>
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So my first day here I biked into the nearby town and got supplies. It was a beautiful ride through the trees on a trail for most of the way.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Then I spent the afternoon walking the trails through the redwood forest. I can't even begin to describe the feelings I had seeing these enormous, beautiful trees. There is such a sense of being in a very special place, a vibe that the redwood forest has that moved me to tears. I found it a very calming place, a place of security and reflection. Of course the biggest tree has noise and people, but out on the trails there was no one about, just me, the trees and the critters.</span></div>
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I spent one day riding a trail to the coast and to a place called Fern Canyon. It was featured in one of the Star Wars movies...had some kind of craft zipping through it in the movie. The ride itself was great through the forest, good mountain biking track but no too difficult, just fun. The coastal ride was a bit uninspiring. A lot of the time you couldn't see the beach. Fern Canyon itself was very pretty but crowded. I think with less people it would be stunningly beautiful but I find it hard to appreciate places when they are full of noise and people. I did see some lovely bright yellow banana slugs here though!</div>
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I really loved my time in Elk Prairie and glad I decided to stay the three nights. Sharing the campsite with Claire and Axel was great and we had some lovely quiet pleasant evenings of chat. I was sad to say goodbye to them...they are both really good people and hopefully our paths will cross again one day. </div>
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My last morning morning in Elk Praire and I wasn't in any hurry. All I had to do was ride into the town of Orick. I had decided to get a bus to Eureka and had organised a Warmshowers place to stay. </div>
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Arrived in Orick and had hours to wait for the bus so found a nice comfy tree to sit under, read my book and watch the world go by. While I was sitting under my tree, a woman sat down on the other side of the road with a fur coat which she proceeded to drape artistically over a post and place a handwritten for sale sign on it. She must have sat there for at least 2 hours and no takers.</div>
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I also had a visit from two sheriffs...they were concerned that I was waiting for someone I was biking with and were going to go and look for them. Once I told them I was just waiting for the bus, we had a lovely chat about redwoods and New Zealand! I was most appreciative of their concern for me.</div>
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The bus trip to Eureka was interesting as all trips are through places you have never seen before. I had been warned about Eureka...not the most salubrious of places and a big problem with tweakers. (I had no idea what a tweaker was so had to ask someone at camp...a tweaker is a meth head, a drug user.) I was told never to leave my bike unattended and if possible just ride straight through. </div>
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Well...I got dropped off at the bus depot and luckily there was a guy who had been hiking getting off the bus too. He said to me I will stay with you until you get your gear loaded onto the bike. It was then I noticed a couple of odd looking sorts kind of circling around me, so I was thankful for his company and kindness. </div>
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I got out of Eureka pretty quick and found myself cycling along this lovely back road through the countryside on my way to the Warmshowers host place, and what a wonderful place...Albert and his wife Marina have 25 acres and part of that is just for cyclists! A great outdoorish kitchen, bunkhouse, huge vegie garden, cows, chickens and a yurt! Albert offered me the use of the yurt and it was great.</div>
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I had planned on staying here for 2 nights, then ride into town, box Birdy up at the bike shop and send her on her way and then stay in a cheap motel for the night before the bus/train/bus to San Francisco. Albert was concerned about me staying in town and said I would be safer here and it was no problem if I wanted to stay an extra night or two, so that is what I did.</div>
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The young mechanic guy was great BUT the shop manager needs an attitude adjustment. He told me no we don't box up bikes anymore since a few days ago so can't do it, when I said well if you can give me a box I can do it if I can borrow a tool to get my pedals off. He then says no we don't lend any tools! </div>
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So that is how I ended my bike tour. I didn't make it as originally planned to Santa Barbara, I didn't even make it to San Francisco but I got further than I ever thought I would....over 1700kms and one flat tyre. </div>
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That porridge every morning for 2 weeks is enough</div>
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Not to be afraid of the unknown, embrace it and enjoy it</div>
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I met wonderful people, I enjoyed myself every day, even the days when it was hard going or I felt lonely and I would do it all again in a heartbeat!</div>
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Lindy Chinneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888432027965570545noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271708155967696548.post-12861056551371474792017-10-07T22:25:00.000+13:002017-10-07T22:25:44.608+13:00Day 39,40, 41 & 42 Humbug State Park, Harris Beach State Park & California<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
2, 3, 4 & 5 July<br />
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I was looking forward to getting on the road today. Being stationary for 2 days is a good attitude adjuster, and Birdy and I were itching to be heading out.<br />
Day started out with some gorgeous coastal views before heading inland.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">Saw a lot of other touring cyclists on the road today... its odd some just ride past you without even a wave or a hello. I always like to yell out a hello at least to another cyclist regardless what side of the road they are on.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Stopped at the world famous town of Langlois. Why is it world famous? I have no idea except the sign said so! Also home of the "best hot dog you will ever eat" so of course I had to try one and I think the jury is out on whether it could be classed as the best.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">It was a lovely days ride, not to hilly and lots of quirky sights to keep me amused.</span></div>
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Got to Humbug State Park and there were quite a few touring cyclists there already. There were individual sites and only a couple were free when I got there. A bit later on three more cyclists turned up and no free sites, so since I was the only solo camper I invited them to share my site and that is how I met Axel, Kevin and Walter. Axel was from Switzerland and travelling solo, Kevin and Walter were from California. By the time Axel and Walter put up their tents on my site (Kevin had a hammock he slung up), there was probably only a couple of feet between each tent. Made for an interesting night when both of them snored, so I had stereo snoring!</div>
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It wasn't too far to walk through the campground down to the beach. I love checking out all the RV's as I walk through the campgrounds. Some are bigger than my house I'm sure.</div>
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Americans seem to love warning signs about everything even "sneaker waves." I don't know why but this sign just made me laugh, maybe its the pictures.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">You can just make out the smoke from a campfire at the hiker biker site in the photo below...left of the road sign. So nice to be tucked in the trees but unfortuntely it was a bit too shady, so the mosquitoes quite liked it.</span></div>
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Woke up early and decided to head to Harris Beach state park for the night...a 90 km day and my last campground before crossing into California! Not far from Humbug State Park I passed these guys by the side of the road.</div>
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The road pretty much followed the coast today with a few hills, one slightly larger hill but nothing to bad and some spectacular views. I really didn't stop that much today, it was one of those days when everything felt right and riding was pure pleasure.</div>
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Harris Beach State Park was pretty crowded with holiday makers for the 4th of July celebrations the next day. I decided I didn't want to be on the road that day and would spend 2 nights at Harris Beach. When I got to the hiker biker site all the cyclists from last night were there as well as others. Most were taking a rest day as well. It was such a fun night, all sitting at a big long table, sharing food and drink, chatting away and since dope is legal in Oregon, there was quite a bit of that going around as well.</div>
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Following day was relaxing on the beach reading my book then rode into Brookings for supplies and wifi and ran into Axel. We decide we would have a BBQ that night so went shopping for 2 big juicy steaks!</div>
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That night at camp all the Americans showed us how to celebrate the 4th of July...they had bought ingredients to teach us non americans how to make smores...graham crackers, chocolate and marshmallow. So delicious!!! </div>
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I can't even begin to describe that night, under the influence of too much of everything of choice, we all had such an awesomely funny time. It really was one of those nights that you just had to be there, and it will stay in my memory and make me smile for a very long time. Thank you so much guys and especially Kevin, Walter, Arianna and Canton, that had to be THE best rendition of the national anthem I have ever heard! The decent photo is courtesy of the wonderful Claire. None of mine turned out as you can tell!</div>
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The previous day riding I had felt my back niggling at me on the hills and knowing that the next days riding had the steepest hill yet out of Crescent City, I made the decision to ride into California, then catch a bus from Orick to Elk Prairie Campground. (For those of you who don't know me well, I had back surgery a few years ago.) The last thing I wanted was my back to go out on me again, so I had to be sensible.</div>
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Once I got on Birdy I did feel like I could keep riding all day. I was sad to be leaving Oregon behind, it had been such a wonderful trip down the coast and the campgrounds were great, definitely love to go back one day and do it all again. But maybe it was the people that made this part of the trip so enjoyable as well. I feel like my trip has had two very distinct parts....the first few weeks on my own and no other cyclists, and then meeting and making new friends all the way through through Oregon. Both have been as good as each other. </div>
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So goodbye Oregon and thank you for all the good times.</div>
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And hello California...I think every touring cyclist takes this photo!</div>
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My first view of the Californian coast.</div>
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The bus trip was slightly uninspiring until we got to the redwoods. Oh my god...just driving down to Elk Prairie in the bus and seeing these amazing forests of gigantic redwoods was amazing. I couldn't wait to get off and go for some walks and see these mighty trees close up...but that will have to wait until the next post.</div>
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Lindy Chinneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888432027965570545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271708155967696548.post-82310531725785517282017-09-28T16:32:00.000+13:002017-09-28T19:00:26.954+13:00Day 35, 36, 37 & 38 Jessie M Honeyman, Sunset Bay, Bandon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Another nice easy day...I did enjoy the slow trip down the Oregon coast so far and taking time to look at the view, but I was ready to do a nice long day of riding. But that wasn't today. I did have the second and last tunnel on the coastal route. I found the tunnels slightly scary...no shoulder and very noisy. Luckily this time the tunnel was only a couple of kms from last nights camp and when I got there Christophe was waiting. I think he may have waited for me as I had said I was slightly nervous of the tunnel, so thankyou Christophe! Much better riding through with someone else.<br>
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Also passed the Sea Lion Caves in the morning. There is a place you can pay to go down to the beach and see them up close but I was happy just checking them out at the viewpoints. We have a lot of sea lions here in NZ. In fact one time we were at the beach going for a walk and I nearly walked into a big old male sea lion asleep on the beach...I thought he was a big log of wood from far away!<br>
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It really was a lovely stretch of coastline today and a lot more deserted with not too many houses and towns, also a nice wide shoulder in most parts which makes me have a happy day.</div>
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I stopped off at the Darlingtonia Botanical Wayside on my way today. It had been on my list of places to visit before I left home...a small marsh where the rare carnivorous California Pitcher Plant lives.</div>
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I stopped in Florence to stock up on groceries and have a donut sugar hit. Christophe was there too and it was great...we could look after each others bike as the other went shopping. So much easy to shop when you are 100% sure your bike and gear are safe. Opposite the supermarket I saw this shop. The photo is a bit blurry but the perfect shop for Mark and I!</div>
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I had a good early night as I wanted to do a big days riding tomorrow to Sunset Bay State Park...a 90km day.</div>
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Not a bad days riding but also not that interesting. The first part has some nice scenery but after that it was flat which isn't a bad thing, sand dunes and pines.</div>
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One exciting part of the day was crossing the Coos Bay Bridge. Some cylists have said its scarier than the Astoria Bridge but luckily when I got to the bridge Christophe and an english couple, Bob and Helen were there so we rode over in convoy which worked really well. I was last in the convoy and I was peddling so fast to keep up with all the others on their road bikes but I managed to.</div>
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Got to Sunset Bay Campground and the hiker biker site was closed, so all the bikers were squashed into 2 normal sites surrounded by huge RV's. We ended up taking over another site as more bikers arrived. Made me realise how much nicer the hiker biker sites are, away from the noise of all the RV campers.</div>
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Woke up to more rain and a very wet tent and I also had the infamous Seven Devils Road to tackle this morning. I had heard about this road...bikers struggling and having to get off and push, and also the famous graffiti on the road to encourage bikers.</div>
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But I didn't find it a problem at all, it was so similiar to the hills and roads I ride around at home. Even all the scenery and forestry felt very familiar, but I could have done without the constant light drizzle.</div>
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I get to the town of Bandon and am feeling very wet and cold and it is still raining. I run into Christophe who is also feeling fed up with the weather and being wet so we go and eat pizza and warm up.</div>
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Today was not a good day. I realised I won't have enough time to get to San Francisco, get the train to Paso Robles then bike to the coast to meet my best friend Alan unless I really push myself and do some big days. I wanted to spend a few days camping in the Redwoods once I reached California so I knew I needed to revise my plans and for some reason I just felt stressed, cold, tired and fed up.</div>
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Given the time difference its hard when I felt like this to talk to Mark, but I am lucky I have both Alan and Tinker to boost me up, and Alan copped it this time! I couldn't ask for a better friend, he found me a hotel, booked me in for 2 nights which would let me sort out travel arrangements to get to Paso Robles. Christophe also decided he was going to have a night in a hotel to dry out. There is nothing worse than putting up a wet tent on a wet afternoon!</div>
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The next day after endless phone calls I had finally made a plan. I was going to Amtrak from Eureka in California to San Francisco, then spend a couple of nights with my friend Tiff, then Amtrak to Paso Robles. The only downside was I couldn't get Birdy on the train, so after much more phone calling and with Alan's help we found a bike shop in Eureka to box her up and then I would send her to another bike shop in Paso Robles. Best laid plans and all that stuff...but that is a story for later on. </div>
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So now I was feeling much better, and spent the afternoon exploring Bandon. Its a very pretty town and has a shop that sells 30 or so different flavours of popcorn, and you can try them all! It also has some wonderful seafood and I ate a fabulous crab sandwich. </div>
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This sculpture was made from rubbish found in the sea and on the shoreline. There was a whole exhibition of these and its astounding what gets washed up on the beach. So much rubbish!</div>
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Woke up the next day feeling very perky and ready to hit the road to Humbug Mountain State Park. I passed these cyclists on my way out of town.</div>
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Lindy Chinneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888432027965570545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271708155967696548.post-51066146585780606792017-09-19T12:43:00.001+12:002017-09-19T15:02:18.643+12:00Day 33 & 34 Devils Lake State Park, South Beach, Carl G Washburne State Park.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
June 26 & 27<br />
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I meandered today knowing it was only going to be a short day so I stopped and enjoyed the coastal scenery. The traffic noise and the amount of people at the view points did make it a bit less enjoyable. I think this was maybe more to do with my attitude today, I had thought I would be biking in lovely warm sunshine, but seem to have more grey skies than anything which does put you in a certain kind of mood at times.<br />
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One stop I wanted to make today was <a href="http://bikenewport.com/" target="_blank">Bike Newport</a> in funnily enough... Newport. Birdy's gears were playing up again and I just couldn't get them right and I knew she needed some attention. Rode up to the bike shop and who should be there drinking beer already but Christophe and Brett!</div>
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Bike Newport is a haven for the touring cyclist...they have hot showers, you can do laundry and have a beer in the bikers lounge. I was so impressed with the service I got...they had trouble with Birdy so called in the top notch mechanic on his day off to sort her out!</div>
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Thankyou so much Bike Newport..you guys are the best!</div>
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Got to South Beach State Park, my camp for the night. the guys were already there but I had got lost again and taken the long roundabout way to the state park, and then couldn't find the hiker biker site.</div>
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Off to Carl G Washburne State Park tonight and I have no idea who Carl G Washburne is! Riding through Sea Gulch I realised its the chain saw carving capitol of the world so of course I had to stop and look. The first place all they seemed to carve were bears...the owner even had bears of the side of his pickup which I thought was kind of cute.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">The road was not too busy, so a great day riding. Even managed to catch up to Christophe and Brett but I think they may have been taking it slow too!</span></div>
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I also picked up a new travelling buddy today. I was riding along the road and just poking out of the gravel by the shoulder was this little ear and arm. So of course I had to stop and rescue him..so meet Roadside Bear or RB to his friends. After a good wash he scrubbed up pretty well and happily waves to the cars behind me now. Of course I had to give Christophe and Brett a hard time about not stopping to rescue him! I also found a blue plastic shark called Maco that is now travelling on the front of Bretts bike. Good day for highway treasures.</div>
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Its Bretts last night on the coast before he heads inland so we decided to have a BBQ and beers at the campsite. Christophe, Brett and I were the only ones in the hiker biker site and the campsite was lovely in amongst the trees and only a short walk to the beach. We saw the most beautiful sunset...a fitting end to Bretts Coastal tour. </div>
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<i>"Most important to this week are the connections I've made with others. Among many other travelers from all over, I've befriended a Canadian and a New Zealander with whom I've spent the week meeting nightly along the coast. Sharing sunsets, beer, cultures, jokes, and our views on life have made for some very memorable evenings by the campfire.</i></div>
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<i>The people I've encountered seem to agree that in all of our normal lives, we are very different. Acknowledging that we wouldn't approach or talk to each other if we crossed paths in a normal setting. But on the road we transform from strangers to a tribe. We all had the same struggles and are overcoming the same challenges. We can share experiences and really listen to each other in ways that our normal lives would never facilitate the time and space for.</i></div>
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<i>I think back to a week ago when I ran across two very different strangers cycling down a similar path as mine. Yesterday I left them with hugs and a saturated heart. This connection is the kind that humans can use to build things together, rather than destroy. I have immense gratitude for the time away from my daily life to relearn that this type of comradery can form between people who are from such different walks of life.</i></div>
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The Oregon Coastal Bike Route really is great to ride. Pretty much had a good shoulder all the way today and even with a lot of traffic on the road it wasn't uncomfortable. Yes the constant traffic noise does get to you and I know some cyclists wear ear plugs, but I would rather hear what is coming up behind me.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">I was looking forward to getting to Tillamook. Ever since I had started planning this trip I had heard about the Tillamook Cheese Factory and as Brett said "Tillamook sounds like fairy town name".</span></div>
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Well I got to Tillamook....rode right past the cheese factory. The car park was full of RV's all wanting to get their freebie cheese. The town of Tillamook itself is nothing at all like a fairy town! and I couldn't wait to bike through it. I did stop and eat a burrito from a mexican food truck though, and it was very, very good.</div>
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I arrived at Cape Lookout with plenty of the afternoon left, so it was good to catch up on washing and then sit on the beach and read my book. Brett was camping there along with a couple of others from the previous nights camp.</div>
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So here are some pictures of Cape Lookout State Park, just to give you an idea what the state parks are like. This one had a wee amphitheater for talks, all the state parks seem to run some sort of educational programs for adults and children and some even have stages for concerts.</div>
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Quite often the hiker biker site is located furtherest away from the amenities block, but that also means you do get lovely sites with no RV's right next to you crowding you out, and Cape Lookout was exactly like that. You can just make out my pink towel drying at my campsite amongst the trees.</div>
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Woke up bright and early, I knew today I had a couple of big hills to tackle and the first one was right after I left camp... 1000 ft climb over 2.7 miles. The hills are so different than the hills at home. These are long slow gradual climbs whereas at home most of the hills are a lot steeper and shorter. I didn't find the hills on this trip a problem at all, even with 20 kg on Birdy.</div>
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The road was pretty busy today...it was Saturday and there were a lot of cars with trailers, RV's and pickup trucks. Most seem to be carrying dune buggies and I found out why. I was passing through Pacific City and Cape Kiwanda and there are these sand dunes that people roar about on their dune buggies. </div>
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They also like to park their cars all over the beach...the car park was also full to the brim. They did have a great brewery/cafe here...The Pelican Brewery and since I was really hungry I treated myself to an overpriced but very good burger.</div>
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The day was really warming up and I knew I had one more hill to get over, my water was running low so I decided to stop at Neskowin to top up my water. There was a store and this was where I had my only accident on the bike. Its an embarrassing way to come off a bike, well I wasn't even on the bike! I had passed the turn off into the store so pulled off the side of the road and wheeled my bike down a small grassy slope. There was a narrow gap and as I wheeled my bike through it, I slipped down onto a woodpile and Birdy fell on top of me! A lady came rushing over to help me get Birdy up and we were both fine. I did end up with a whopping bruise on my thigh but I think my pride was more injured.</div>
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So after that and getting water I headed off towards Devils Lake State Park on the outskirts of Lincoln City. I still had one more big climb to do and the temp was now hitting about 36 degrees. I passed a very odd sight, well I thought it was odd...pine trees growing out of the sand. It looked so weird to me.</div>
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I made it to the top of the last big climb and sat down at a view point to recover and eat an orange. A guy on a road bike cycled up and starting chatting. It wasn't long before he was asking me if I knew all about the gospel etc. Now I don't mind what people believe, but when I am sweating like anything, hot, tired and just want to eat an orange and to be left alone, I don't appreciate someone thinking they have every right in the world to tell me what I should believe. Theres a time and a place and this wasn't it!</div>
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Finally arrived into Lincoln City and stopped and got some groceries. A lady at the supermarket told me it was 98 degrees today which is nearly 37 degrees Celsius, so no wonder I felt a bit warm! Missed the tune off to Devils Lake State Park as per usual, but people are always so helpful when that happens. This was a very odd state park...right on the edge of the city and the hiker biker site just a vacant block of land up the top of a path, surrounded by suburban houses. But it did have lockers with USB ports, a bike maintenance stand, tools and Brett was there!</div>
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It was nice camping but being so close to town. There was a kite festival on in Lincoln City the next day so I decided to stay an extra night and check it out. There were huge kite displays and also displays of kite flying choreographed to music. Really enjoyed sitting on the beach for most of the day watching it all.</div>
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Christophe turned up at the campsite that afternoon so we all decided it would be good to have a pizza and beer evening around the fire. Another great reason to stay at Devils Lake state park...you can walk to the pizza place! I think it is often the people that you chat and camp with that makes a place enjoyable, just as much as the location.</div>
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Lindy Chinneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888432027965570545noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271708155967696548.post-3430453381297685502017-09-10T16:08:00.001+12:002017-09-10T16:10:15.709+12:00Day 27, 28 & 29.... Cape Disappointment, Astoria and Nehalem State Park.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
June 21, 22 & 23<br />
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All of my riding at home has been on back roads and trails. I had never ridden on main highways or through urban areas until this tour.<br />
Today I was heading to Astoria and over the Astoria-Megler Bridge. I had heard good and bad stories about the bridge and biking across it. With my lack of experience riding on roads I decided maybe the best thing would be to catch the bus from Ilwaco to Astoria...so for the grand sum of 50c I avoided riding over the bridge, which in hindsight I kind of wished I had now!<br />
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So today ended up pretty much being a non riding day. I had to pick up a parcel at the bike shop in Astoria, and since it was after lunch by then I decided to stay the night and explore the town a bit.<br />
Got a bed at the <a href="http://www.norbladhotel.com/" target="_blank">Norblad Hostel</a> and I can highly recommend this place..bike friendly, super clean, extremely comfortable beds and right in the downtown. I loved Astoria...some beautiful architecture, great micro breweries and quirky shops. I sat having a beer with some hipster dudes I met, hearing about life in Astoria and looking at a great view over the huge bay.<br />
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Had a great breakfast in Astoria, then headed off down the road. My goal today was Nehalem State Park...a nice easy 79kms. I love Oregon Highways...the shoulder is so nice and wide, lots of places to stop and look at views so it all made for a great days riding.</div>
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I stopped at Cannon beach for lunch. This is probably the first really touristy town I had been in, but given the time of year it wasn't that busy. But wow! the number of really bad souvenirs you can buy is overwhelming, probably a good thing I had limited room. The beach was very nice and I quite happily spent quite a bit of time munching on my lunch and people watching.</div>
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Next stop was Manzanita for supplies. I do like it when a State Park has a town not far away, means a nice fresh salad will keep until its time to eat. Had a couple of climbs but nothing major, and the views certainly made them worthwhile.</div>
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I really like Nehalem State Park..it wasn't the most beautiful place I had stayed in but I finally met some other touring cyclists! There were 5 or 6 other tents in the hiker biker site when I got there and a couple more arrived after me. I met Christophe from Montreal and Brett from Arkansas..these 2 guys were great and we ended up meeting up for quite a few nights after this.</div>
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I was really looking forward to today, only 64 kms to the coast. The coastal scenery so far had been beautiful...tidal mudflats, gorgeous bays and inlets, but I love the ocean and the sound of the surf, walking along the beach or just investigating rockpools.<br />
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The highway was mainly through trees, trees and more trees but it was nice easy riding. I met a woman on the road who was walking / running every state of America. She had already walked / ran across Canada! Her husband was driving the support vehicle for her, but in a few days he had to return to work and she would be on her own. I'm not sure how she was going to manage all her gear without the vehicle.<br />
And I saw a woodpecker today. I first heard this noise and looked up and there he was up on a power pole. So cool.<br />
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Had a lovely ride to Cape Disappointment State Park, mainly on the cycle trail. Saw three snakes though, but at least they were little!</div>
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This is a very nice state park and thank goodness for the critter lockers for food. The raccoons here are not afraid of anything and will quite cheekily stroll into your tent. I was the only one in the hiker biker site tonight, unless you count the millions of mosquitoes that kept me company. Went for a bit of an explore after dinner and found this beach full of wood and some interesting beach art type stuff. I have no idea how or where all this wood comes from.</div>
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I woke up to rain in the morning and a very wet tent again. I really wanted to explore Cape Disappointment so decided I would treat myself to a yurt for the night. I had wanted to stay in one on the trip at some point so this seemed the perfect time. Luckily they had one vacant...$75 for the night but at least I could dry out all my gear again, and not worry about getting soaking wet when I go exploring. I don't mind getting wet if I have a dry place to sleep.</div>
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One great thing about Cape Disappointment is they have a cafe with free wifi right opposite the park entrance, so after a good hot breakfast I headed off to the Cape Disappointment Lighthouse. An enjoyable ride up to the track even if I did get a bit lost again, then a very nice walk up the hill to the lighthouse.</div>
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Spectacular views from the lighthouse, I imagine on a clear day you would be able to see miles up and down the coast.</div>
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I wandered down the track via the Lewis and Clarke Interpretive Centre. I had never heard of these two gentlemen, but they were the first American explorers to cross the Western part of the USA. The centre is very interesting with big panels explaining the journey as well as other bits and pieces from the expedition. I spent a good couple of hours reading all about their epic journey. Right near the centre are the buildings left over from the old fort and battery.</div>
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After my evening by Lake Sylvia of picnicking, it was time to head off to bed. The plan was to stay at Lake Sylvia for two nights as my best girlie friend Tinker was driving over from Seattle, so we would have one last day together. That's the downside of having best friends on the other side of the world...sure you can talk on skype, but to actually sit down together and chat happens so rarely.</div>
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So off I went to bed looking forward to the next day. At about 11 pm I woke up to the sound of rain but I was nice and dry and snug in my tent and dozed back off again. At about 2 am I woke up again and it was still raining, not a light drizzle but heavy rain. Also I saw giant shadows running over my tent...I'm sure they were just tiny mice but in my head at 2 am they were enormous cyclist eating critters! Then at about 6 am I woke up again and it was STILL raining heavily. I had hours until I met up with Tinker so just hunkered down and read my book. When I finally decided to get up I was in for a shock!</div>
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What had been a lovely place to camp was now a lake with my tent in the middle of it. Thinking hmmm this isn't good, I quickly got dressed and waded outside. Only one thing to do...carry all my gear down to the amenities block, try and dry some stuff with the blower hand dryer and wait for Tink. </div>
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I unhooked my food storage bag off the raccoon and bear proof tree only to find some critter had munched a few holes in it. Packing up my gear that very same critter seemed to like eating chamois towels too, as that had a few holes in it!</div>
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So I waited and waited for Tinker, one of the park rangers came to check on me. Apparently most people had left the state park and he offered to give me a lift into town. The road out of the park had turned into a small river!</div>
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I kept waiting for Tinker to come and rescue me..11.30, then midday, then 12.30 and still no Tinker. Finally we found each other...she had been driving around since 11 am looking for me! We were both so relieved to see each other and had to laugh, it was so typical of US!</div>
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So it was off to Montesanto to find a hotel for the night and to have a feed. One of my favourite things about Tinker is watching her eat a hamburger. I have never ever seen anyone enjoy a hamburger as much as she does and she didn't disappoint me this time either.</div>
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Thank you Tinker for rescuing me...your timing was perfect to meet up on the one day of the whole tour that was the wettest!! I said a sad farewell to my friend that afternoon...who knows when we will see each other again.</div>
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Not a lot to see in Montesanto. A few nice buildings.</div>
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I ended up spending two nights in Montesanto waiting for the rain to stop. It had been a record rainfall that night I was camping. Just my luck! For the first time on the trip I couldn't decide what to do, which route to take, so I posted a message on the Pacific Coast group on Facebook asking for advice. I was offered a place to stay by a Warmshowers host in Aberdeen. It was only 20 km ride from Montesanto but I thought if someone is nice enough to offer I would like to stay, and I'm so glad I did.</div>
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Luckily for me Lauri, my Warmshowers host came and picked me up. I had a great visit with Lauri...we rode down to the supermarket then headed off to <a href="https://www.ghwinesellars.com/" target="_blank">GH Wine Sellers</a> to buy a bottle of vino and of course we ended up having a glass, then it was off to Cakecakes to buy one of the best cupcakes I had ever eaten.</div>
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After dinner Lauri took me for a drive around the older streets of Aberdeen where the sawmilling tycoons had built beautiful victorian style houses.</div>
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I would have had a whole different impression of Aberdeen if I hadn't stayed with Lauri, so thankyou for such wonderful hospitality (and thankyou Sadie.)</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Lauri had mentioned an oyster bar in South Bend. Apparently the New York Chronicle rated them THE best crumbed oysters in America! I rode up and down the street a couple of times looking for the place, eventually asking a local who pointed me in the direction of the Chester Club and Oyster Bar. It didn't look the most salubrious of places, with ZZ Top lookalikes sitting outside smoking and a pool competition going on inside. I wandered up to the bar, checked I was in the right place and ordered a dozen oysters. They were the freshest, most delicious oysters I have tasted and I spent a very pleasant half hour or so watching the pool games, having a beer and eating oysters.</span></div>
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The weather had cleared by the time I got to Bruceport County Park. I had a lovely tent site, but this campground was slightly run down and I did put plastic bags on my feet in the shower. The hosts at the campsite were so friendly, even offering to drive me into town if I needed any supplies.</div>
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My neighbors in the next campsite invited me over for a drink (luckily I had bought for the first time a whole bottle of wine!). I ended up sharing a meal with Ken and Sarah from Seattle, as well as another bottle of wine...they were such lovely people and so interesting. </div>
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Sarah was waging war on the mosquito population with this very lethal electrical tennis racqet thing! It was pretty funny watching her leaping around swiping at them.</div>
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I'm so excited about the next days ride...I will finally get to the West Coast and the beach, and also it will be my last night in Washington State. I still can't quite believe I am doing this ride, every now and again I stop and think am I really doing this?</div>
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Lindy Chinneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888432027965570545noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271708155967696548.post-58569345450531872032017-08-17T22:40:00.001+12:002017-08-17T22:40:49.306+12:00Day 19 & 20......June 13 &14<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
You know that feeling you get when you read something or hear about something you are about to do and it sounds harder or riskier than what you thought but ends up being fine?<br />
Well that was me this morning...I was heading from Dosewallips (still no elk herd) to Shelton via the Hood Canal. <br />
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The Pacific Coast book had said parts of this road had no shoulder, narrow, blind corners and logging trucks! Despite my new found confidence I was a bit apprehensive.<br />
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It ended up being not a bad days ride! Yes it was noisy on Highway 101, and yes there were all sorts of trucks, but I had found so far the truck drivers are very aware of bikes and go out of their way to give us room. Its the RV's and cars towing caravans that are scary and SO unaware.<br />
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Anyway the day started out biking through more tree lined road, so it was so nice to finally get to the Hood Canal and some open space and views. As much as I like trees...hour after hour of trees does tend to get a bit boring.<br />
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As you can see it wasn't always no shoulder and narrow. I love these small towns and always stopped to buy something at the store. People are so friendly and curious...I wonder if it is because I am a woman of a "certain" age and on my own, that everyone I met without exception, was helpful and friendly. Chatting with other touring cyclists later on in my tour, the guys on their own or couples didn't seem to experience the same amount of friendliness I did.<br />
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Out of the blue on the highway I passed this building. I think it is generating hydro electricity, I did read the information panel but never wrote it down in my journal. But it is a beautiful building and worthy of stopping to munch on a marmite and cheese sandwich and admire.<br />
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I also passed a place that promised me wonderful cooked oysters so of course I pulled over only to find they didn't cook them that day! I could already taste those delicious, freshly cooked oysters when I walked in the door, and the idea of a container of cold oysters just wasn't appealing. </div>
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On the subject of food...I was eating so well on my tour. A lot of fresh fruit and salads, seafood and really good burgers at local diners and of course the daily sugar hit of a donut from a bakery! I never eat donuts at home but one of the great things about cycle touring is you can eat pretty much anything.</div>
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Riding along side the Hood Canal I passed quite a few fireworks stands. I was told later that fireworks can only be sold on native american owned land, which also explains why I passed a huge casino. Apparently they can also operate casinos when no one else can. I have no understanding about any of this, I am the first to admit that, but it seems not right to me that people live in houses with no water and falling down buildings and then just down the road is a huge casino.</div>
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One thing I noticed was despite roads surrounded by what I thought was forestry and logging, there are a lot of people living up these side roads. I passed quite a few roads like this that looked like just a forestry road but had all these letterboxes.</div>
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I finally reached Shelton via the long way again. I missed the turnoff and ended up adding another few kms backtracking but I did see what I think was two bald eagles so it was worth it. Shelton is known as the Christmas Tree capitol and I passed quite a few plantings of trees.</div>
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I had a wonderful stay with my Warm Shower hosts Laryre and Judy. We had made contact before I left and they were a "must visit" as both Larye and Judy weave and have quite a few looms in the workshop. I felt truly spoilt staying with them, hearing their tales and sleeping under a beautiful patchwork quilt. They gave me a fabulous breakfast which was enjoyed over conversation ranging from politics to hippies to biking and watching the fattest squirrels I have ever seen playing around in the trees.</div>
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Larye then rode out with me in the morning and set me on the right road to Montesano and Lake Sylvia State Park. Thankyou so much Larye and Judy for a truly memorable and enjoyable visit.</div>
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Following Larye's insruction and the ACA map I managed not to get lost and found myself in Elma. I felt this part of my trip was reason for a celebration...my original plan had been to start from Shelton and I had looked at this route so many times on google map before I left that it was great to be finally riding it. Larye and Judy had mentioned the Miller House Deli in Elma as a great cafe stop, and it was! Best lemon cake I have ever tasted.</div>
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Lake Sylvia State Park is beautiful! The hiker biker campsite wasn't that great, but since the park was fairly empty the ranger let me camp on a normal campsite. </div>
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Lindy Chinneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888432027965570545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271708155967696548.post-85153795189418583882017-08-14T11:11:00.000+12:002017-08-14T11:24:26.946+12:00Day 16, 17 and 18........Port Townsend and beyond...June 10, 11 and 12<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
What can I say about Port Townsend! I really loved this town. From the moment the ferry started cruising into the harbour, to the day I rode out of town along a beautiful trail I had a great time.<br />
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I had been in contact with a fellow bike tourer who lived in Port Townsend and he suggested I stay at a Warm Showers place hosted by Dan and Lys Burden. Thankyou Richard for that great suggestion...this was a touring cyclists paradise! </div>
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Unfortunately Dan was away but Lys was in town as was the "other" Dan, her brother. Dan and Lys cycled from Alaska to Argentine in the 1970's (you can read all about their trip in National Geographic), and they were pretty much the forerunners of what is now the American Cycling Association and the bike touring movement.</div>
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The number of touring cyclists they have hosted since then is amazing, as is the space they have made for us to stay in. You can just make out Birdy parked in the doorway of the Warm Showers room.</div>
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An added bonus of staying with Dan and Lys was I got to meet Toosie, who is such a sweetie and kept me company on my walks to the little grocery store nearby.</div>
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Lys kindly let me stay for 3 nights as I found out there was a Steampunk Festival on in town the next day and I also wanted to go for a ride to Forth Worden Historical State Park.</div>
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Port Townsend has some lovely old buildings and quite a few very quirky shops. Its definitely a town that is just the right size.</div>
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I spent nearly the whole day wandering around the old part of town and checking out the Steampunk folk. There was all manner of entertainment going on, flintlock displays, tea drinking competitions, folky morris dancing stuff ( still makes no sense to me), steampunk bicycles and of course plenty of incredible outfits.</div>
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After that it was off to meet Richard for a beer or two and chat at a local brewery. One of the great things about bike touring is the people you get to meet in the course of your travels and even beforehand. I found the bike touring group, womens touring group and pacific coast group on facebook full of great information and inspiration. That was where I met Richard, and we spent a very pleasant couple of hours chatting away. Its great to talk to locals and hear about the town from someone who lives there.</div>
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After a wonderful nights sleep I headed off to Fort Worden. There are so many forts and lighthouses scattered through the islands and on all these prominent points. I guess at one time when they were all functioning it served as a good defence.</div>
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Fort Worden is not used as a fort now but all the buildings are still intact and maintained and now serve other purposes. The parade grounds and surrounding areas are beautifully looked after, and the hiker biker site is now located away from the main camping and closer to the lighthouse...a much nicer location.</div>
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Its funny writing about this part of my adventure now...it all seems a long time ago but I can still recall how I was feeling. I really felt I had gotten into the stride of bike touring now, it took me probably nearly two weeks to really settle into it and realize that I could go where I wanted to, when I wanted to. I knew after the second or third day that the schedule I had written up was going to get thrown away, but I still felt this need that I had to "be somewhere". I also could feel my stamina and fitness increasing and I would wake up in the morning feeling excited about what the day would bring.</div>
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So it was with this sense of excitement I headed away from Port Townsend. I was hoping now that I was on mainland USA, that I would meet up with some other touring cyclists. So far I had met cyclists out for weekend trips or touring cyclists riding the opposite direction to me. I was never alone at campgrounds, there are always plenty of RV's and campers but it would be nice to meet some like minded people.</div>
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I decided to head to Dosewallips State Park for the night for no other reason other than I liked the name! There is a wonderful bike and walking trail out of Port Townsend called the Larry Scott Memorial Trail. It was a bit tricky finding the start of it as you ride around the wharves and ship building yard and it is tucked away in a corner.</div>
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The first thing I passed was this huge recycling plant...well I think it was or maybe a paper pulp processing plant. After this it was a lovely ride along the coastline and then the trail veered into beautiful forested area.</div>
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After riding through more trees I made it to Dosewallips State Park and yay...finally a cheap campsite. It was only $12 for the hiker biker site compared to the $20 or $30 I had been paying elsewhere. The Park Ranger said there was a herd of wild elk in the park, I saw plenty of elk droppings but no elk.</div>
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I had hoped to spend the next couple of days on Orcas Island, so got up early in the morning to make the best of the day. Friday Harbour looked picture perfect as I left on yet another car ferry.<br />
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Arriving in the town of Orcas, I started on my way to Moran State Park. Not thinking I could get lost on a small island with very few roads, I didn't really consult the map. Of course I ended up going the long way (again) and climbing some hills, but eventually reached the park and my campsite. I had intended to stay here for two nights. There is a steep ride up Constitution Hill, but well worth it for a 360 degree view right around the island and that was my goal the next day. But at $25 a night for a tent site and having to pay for a shower, I was rethinking this plan.</div>
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But no complaints about my camp site or the view. I walked down this track from my campsite to look at the view...in the short time I was away from camp, a cheeky squirrel stole a plum I had left on the picnic table! Lesson learned. Later on the Park ranger came around and helped me secure my food bag in a tree. Apparently there is one bear on Orcas Island and it is being a bit of a nuisance and he told me they think it swam over from another island. I felt sorry for this poor lonely bear and I hope they catch him soon and return him to his friends.</div>
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At least this time I took the right road with less hills and a much shorter ride. By the time I got to the ferry terminal at Orcas, I was saturated despite wearing my wet weather gear. Fortunately the pub was open and since I had a 3 hour wait for the ferry, it was the perfect place to dry out and eat a hot breakfast. A nice man called Bill went to his truck and came back with a towel for me to dry off with!</div>
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So then it was goodbye to a very brief, but 30 mile round trip visit to Orcas Island. Arriving on Fidalgo I made the decision to head into Anacortes for the night, find a cheap hotel room and try and dry my tent and gear out. Google was my friend and I found a cheap hotel with a vacancy sign, but when I walked in was told they had no vacancies, but his wife ran a Bnb nearby. I thought yeah right and its probably heaps more than the hotel room but I was wrong!</div>
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I got a lovely warm, dry room here for less than the hotel price and she me let wheel Birdy over the beautiful wooden floors to a laundry for storage. So thankyou so much Ana's Bed and Breakfast.</div>
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Beautiful day for the next leg of my trip and the last ferry ride. I was heading down the length of Fidalgo Island, crossing over Deception Pass and onto Whitby Island to hop on the ferry to Port Townsend. </div>
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I was going to follow the route from the Pacific Coast book which takes you on back roads, but after being told by a local cyclist that the steepest hills on the island are on that route, I stuck to the highway. I may have missed out on some views but the highway wasn't that busy and still picturesque.</div>
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So last ferry ride for Birdy and I. The ferries have been great, fairly cheap and so easy to take a bike on. I wondered at first about leaving all my gear on Birdy while she was downstairs on the ferry and I was upstairs enjoying the view, but not once did I have any concerns about the safety of her or my gear.</div>
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Lindy Chinneryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06888432027965570545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271708155967696548.post-88889142792573317472017-08-03T19:11:00.000+12:002017-08-03T19:11:57.349+12:00Day 12 on the road ....San Juan Island 5th and 6th June.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Yes, I am way behind in the blog and yes, I am back home now. I had thought it would be easy to keep my blog up to date, but contending with the lack of network coverage, saving my data for google maps (which I needed A LOT!), using only a phone to write a blog and having too much fun and enjoying myself meant that the blog kind of fell by the wayside.<br />
Anyway it's much easier to do it now I am home, using a laptop and can actually see what photos I'm uploading!<br />
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I left Sidney on another ferry to Friday Harbour on San Juan Island. This means I am back on American soil and have left Canada behind. Friday Harbour is the main town on San Juan Island and also quite an expensive place to stay. After spending a lot more than what I thought I would in Canada ( most campsites were $30 a night and food was more expensive than what I thought it would be), I decided to see if I could find another WarmShowers host to stay with. Luckily Brendan and Susan were available and let me camp on their lawn for 2 nights. On my way to their place I met my neighbours.<br />
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It amazed me how many deer I saw just grazing by the side of the road on my travels. I know they are a pest but its really cool!!</div>
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Brendan and Susan had invited some friends over for a BBQ and kindly invited me to join them. It was so nice relaxing and chatting with everyone. The hospitality of WarmShowers hosts was more than I ever expected. I found the perfect bottle of red to contribute to the evening.</div>
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My plans for the next day was to bike around San Juan Island. There is an awful lot to see here and I could have easily spent another day or two. Brendan met me at the info centre and gave me a great route to ride to see all the best sights of the island.</div>
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My first stop was the America Camp Historical State Park. This is the site of an old fort that I think was only occupied for 14 years while the boundary of San Juan Island was sorted out between the British and Americans. These are the only buildings that remain and the rest is just beautiful open spaces.</div>
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I rode down to the furthermost point and found this great lighthouse as well as seeing a red fox. Apparently they aren't seen that often so I felt kind of fortunate that this little fox was resting in the shade when I rode past.</div>
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Leaving here I continued riding around the island to Lime Kiln Point. I knew there was a really great looking lighthouse here and also the only place on the road to get food. So there I am sitting under a lovely tree munching on a really good sandwich. This lady runs up to me and says "Oh you must go down and see the whale watching boats at the lighthouse." Me thinks why would I want to do that? but she was very insistent and carrying a clipboard, so I thought I best do what she says.</div>
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And I'm very glad that I did! What she meant was there were Orca whales playing right near the lighthouse. They were closer to the shoreline than the actual whale watching boats, but trying to get a photo of an Orca whale is tricky....believe me these black specks are actual Orcas.</div>
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Much easier getting photos of the light house. I saw a lot of lighthouses on my travels and this one was my favourite.</div>
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Leaving Lime Kiln Point and the orcas, I continued onto Roche Harbour passing quite a few quirky sights on the way.</div>
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I also rode passed The Pineapple. This place is quite famous ( I think) amongst touring cyclists. I had two or three people say to me...look for the pineapple on San Juan Island. If you are a cyclist you can camp in the pineapple, in winter there is firewood, a stove and running water nearby. It seems the pineapple has neighbours now though.</div>
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It was a 75km ride around the island and one of the best days so far on my trip. I ended the day back in Friday Harbour, stopping off for a beer and fish and chips at a local eatery, then perusing the shops before retiring to my tent on the lawn, with the company of the deer.</div>
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After a great stay on Salt Spring Island, it was back to Vancouver Island and a town called Sidney. I had the luxury of being hosted via the warm showers organization (its like couch surfing but for touring cyclists) by Bob, Shaevaun and Ziggy...the 4 legged member of the family. It was great staying with them, I arrived to a full on jam session going off with guitars, ukuleles and fiddle and I was handed an icy cold Margarita! Perfect!<br />
It was so nice to have some home comforts like a proper towel instead of the little chamois towel I have.<br />
I stayed 2 nights here, mainly because I wanted to visit Victoria and there is is a bike trail all the way. But then I decided to have a day off riding, and caught a bus into Victoria. I'm glad I did...it was a busy city and very bike friendly but I still don't find city riding enjoyable.</div>
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Victoria is a gorgeous city and the most famous building would have to be the Legislative House. I took a guided tour around it and it has been fully restored in the past few years. A beautiful building inside and out.</div>
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One of my "must sees" in Victoria was the British Colombia Museum. I spent over 2 hours wandering around.</div>
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Then it was back to Sidney and I treated myself to a very good seafood dinner. The seafood so far on this trip has been so fresh and cheap compared to what we pay at home... its hard to resist!</div>
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And that's the end of my Canadian Adventure...approx 420 kms. </div>
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Top photo is Victoria and bottom one is my last view of Canada.</div>
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I am so behind in my posts. I guess that means I'm having fun or not enough WiFi!<br />
After leaving Rathtrevor Provincial Park and my new found road confidence, I was in for a shock.<br />
I hit the Trans Canadian Highway. I think even now, this was the scariest day of the whole trip. I was heading to Nanaimo for the night and nearly all of the 45kms I did was highway.<br />
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There were some interesting sights along the way and I stopped at a great fruit stall and bought so much fruit that it all wouldn't fit in my panniers. Probably a wise choice not buying the whole watermelon for $2!</div>
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Got to Living Tree Campground and set up my home. The location was beautiful and the helpful camp host came over to help me secure my food bag to a tree.....had to make all my fruit bear proof! Unfortunately raccoons or trash pandas as they call them here, can climb trees. Or I was told they can but I'm wondering if that was a joke! Anyway food was all intact in the morning.</div>
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Above photo is my campsite, and the top two are the view from it. Not bad is it!</div>
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Next day I was off to catch another ferry, this time to Salt Spring Island. The highway wasn't so bad this time, maybe I had more confidence. I did get lost (again) and ended up adding 15 kms to my trip. I was wondering why the highway had no cars....well it was because I was heading to the wrong ferry terminal and no ferries were docking! And I did find out after there was a lovely coastal detour I could have taken!</div>
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What a difference a ferry ride makes. I loved Salt Spring Island! The main town is called Ganges and my campground Garden Faire, was in walking distance of town. It was a really, cool quirky campground. I liked it! The site was small, but still private....and you got to shower under a tree. There was a bark wall around the shower thank goodness, but quite a few gaps in it.</div>
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There was a beautiful walk through the bush to town, and luckily for me I was there on a Saturday. They have a market day every Saturday with artisan stalls. Salt Spring Island is home to a lot of artists, musicians, even a few weavers! The town has a very arty feel to it, and people come from all over to go to the markets.</div>
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Then after eating too much at the markets, it was time to head off to Fulford Harbour and onto another ferry to take me to Sidney. The ride to the ferry terminal reminded me a bit of our New Zealand countryside.</div>
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