Today was a perfect ride- a mere 30 miles long, downhill, and a tailwind!!! You live for days like that... the only flaw was that it wasn't a longer ride! We were on the road at 6.40am, about 20 minutes before dawn, and we rolled into the Hi-way Roadhouse at 9am... there was even still just a hint of chill in the air.
We sat down for a coffee on the porch, and struck up a conversation with a motorcyclist named Frank. He was riding a smaller BMW GS that obviously had some miles on it... he said that he'd been on the road for the last 8 years, and was now working his way back home to Papua New Guinea. He was a very interesting and amusing fellow, and we swapped stories about Central America and North Africa.
After sorting out our room arrangements Andrew and I made the 7km trip out to the historic Daly Waters pub. I'd been looking forward to this excursion for many weeks, as they are reputed to have great food as well as atmosphere... Sadly this was not to be. Upon arriving we were treated so poorly by the staff, that we simply turned around and left. Daly Waters seems to be a victim of its own success... with an overworked staff that no longer needs to focus on the customers. Its a good thing that I've had a few days to cool down before entering this post...enough said.
We sat down for a coffee on the porch, and struck up a conversation with a motorcyclist named Frank. He was riding a smaller BMW GS that obviously had some miles on it... he said that he'd been on the road for the last 8 years, and was now working his way back home to Papua New Guinea. He was a very interesting and amusing fellow, and we swapped stories about Central America and North Africa.
After sorting out our room arrangements Andrew and I made the 7km trip out to the historic Daly Waters pub. I'd been looking forward to this excursion for many weeks, as they are reputed to have great food as well as atmosphere... Sadly this was not to be. Upon arriving we were treated so poorly by the staff, that we simply turned around and left. Daly Waters seems to be a victim of its own success... with an overworked staff that no longer needs to focus on the customers. Its a good thing that I've had a few days to cool down before entering this post...enough said.
