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Thursday, March 7, 2013
The Day Just Goy Better and Better
March 5, 2013
Taihape, NZ
Day started with chatting up a truckie named Phil who drove a tanker of flammable solvent. Learned lots about trucking in NZ. They must take a 30 minute break after 5.5 hours on the road. Forgot to do my photo of him. Oops.
Leisurely cycle into Taihape where I needed to desperately charge everything. No sun for one day and all my devices were depleted. So why not find a good breakfast while I charge. While sitting there, a woman comes onto the cafe and asks if she can talk about my bike. Love that Blaze! Such a conversation piece. Turns out Clare
is going to be up in Auckland for a bit so I have her number and we're going to try and connect when I get there. She leaves. Andy asks if he can sit at the end of this big table I've sequestered. Sure.
He is from Australia, works for a machinery company, traveled from Singapore to London by bus and met his Kiwi wife there.
Then after Skyping a friend and getting groceries, I met Winsom and Taz.
I have a great video of Taz describing her job in a wool shed sorting out the dirty wool. Winsom decided that the local paper needed to write an article about me so she called up Jocelyn.
Jocelyn was filling in as the reporter because the regular guy broke a couple of ribs in a motor accident. So Jocelyn did an interview for the Central Dustricts Times. (I'm hoping to get a copy of the article).
Now it's 5 pm and I'm just getting out of town. Decided to cycle this wonderfully scenic back road from Taihape to Napier on the east coast, then back to Taupo at the suggestion of a friend. Checking with locals, they agreed.
And as I pedaled out of town Jean passed me on the back road.
She asked me which road I was taking: gravel or sealed? After telling her sealed and she telling me about the serious hills before the next town, I changed to gravel and am I glad I did.
Off the gravel road when I found a wide side to the road, I set up my tent. A short bit later, John comes up in his 4 wheeler raising dust behind.
"Can I camp here?"
"Well, I gotta muster a couple of mobs of sheep up the road and some cattle back down. I think it'll be all right. I don't think they'll run over your tent. Wanna come along?"
"Do I!!!!"
So I got ride shotgun for an hour or so, up and down the road as he and his 2 dogs moved the sheep and cows. I was in my element! A grin from ear to ear! Filthy from holding sheep in the ATV that couldn't walk and muddy dogs jumping on me for their ride back to the barn! Oh ya! Gotta live NZ!!!
(Photos wouldn't post. Will try posting them separately )
Yee haw!!! Life on the farm!
Farmer BagLady:)
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Taihape, NZ
Day started with chatting up a truckie named Phil who drove a tanker of flammable solvent. Learned lots about trucking in NZ. They must take a 30 minute break after 5.5 hours on the road. Forgot to do my photo of him. Oops.
Leisurely cycle into Taihape where I needed to desperately charge everything. No sun for one day and all my devices were depleted. So why not find a good breakfast while I charge. While sitting there, a woman comes onto the cafe and asks if she can talk about my bike. Love that Blaze! Such a conversation piece. Turns out Clare
is going to be up in Auckland for a bit so I have her number and we're going to try and connect when I get there. She leaves. Andy asks if he can sit at the end of this big table I've sequestered. Sure.
He is from Australia, works for a machinery company, traveled from Singapore to London by bus and met his Kiwi wife there.
Then after Skyping a friend and getting groceries, I met Winsom and Taz.
I have a great video of Taz describing her job in a wool shed sorting out the dirty wool. Winsom decided that the local paper needed to write an article about me so she called up Jocelyn.
Jocelyn was filling in as the reporter because the regular guy broke a couple of ribs in a motor accident. So Jocelyn did an interview for the Central Dustricts Times. (I'm hoping to get a copy of the article).
Now it's 5 pm and I'm just getting out of town. Decided to cycle this wonderfully scenic back road from Taihape to Napier on the east coast, then back to Taupo at the suggestion of a friend. Checking with locals, they agreed.
And as I pedaled out of town Jean passed me on the back road.
She asked me which road I was taking: gravel or sealed? After telling her sealed and she telling me about the serious hills before the next town, I changed to gravel and am I glad I did.
Off the gravel road when I found a wide side to the road, I set up my tent. A short bit later, John comes up in his 4 wheeler raising dust behind.
"Can I camp here?"
"Well, I gotta muster a couple of mobs of sheep up the road and some cattle back down. I think it'll be all right. I don't think they'll run over your tent. Wanna come along?"
"Do I!!!!"
So I got ride shotgun for an hour or so, up and down the road as he and his 2 dogs moved the sheep and cows. I was in my element! A grin from ear to ear! Filthy from holding sheep in the ATV that couldn't walk and muddy dogs jumping on me for their ride back to the barn! Oh ya! Gotta live NZ!!!
(Photos wouldn't post. Will try posting them separately )
Yee haw!!! Life on the farm!
Farmer BagLady:)
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