Put my head down and made the run from Port MacQuarie to Sydney today, arriving back at BikeRoundOz just after 3 pm. Had a nice chat with Neville and he was kind enough to provide photographic evidence that I am safely landed and the bike is returned.
(FYI, you can TOTALLY see the swelling from the bee sting on the side of my neck, if you have a microscope and are willing to brave a close look at an exhausted forty-two-year-old woman who has just ridden 5,313 miles* around New Zealand and Australia obsessively stalking ALL the wildlife and yet--YET--never seen an actual kangaroo. SOB!)
Confirmation that some kind of benevolent spirit has been looking out for me, tomorrow is forecast for 2-3 inches of rain in Sydney, with high winds and etc. I am not ashamed to say I may end up spending the entire day in bed as I am EX-HAUS-TED. Flight home on Thursday. Still can't believe this happened or that it’s almost over.
Celebrating with a cocktail—being a bartender does not guarantee photography skills as I specifically asked him to get the neck swelling. SIGH. (Update: my father was like "Nice bar," and I am pretty sure he was being sarcastic. It was better than it looks, I swear--the peeling paint was part of an overall aesthetic.)
*3,299 miles (5,310 km) in Australia, 2,014 miles (3,241 km) in New Zealand = 5,313 miles/8,551 km** and I have never ONCE washed my jacket, gloves, or overpants. Who wants to sit next to me on a 21-hour flight home????
**I know because I've tracked all fill-ups with my beloved mileage keeper app! Gas is so much more expensive in NZ that I spent only thirty more AustraliaBucks on gas here than I did there. And if you thought I was close to being out of fun facts...THINK AGAIN.
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(FYI, you can TOTALLY see the swelling from the bee sting on the side of my neck, if you have a microscope and are willing to brave a close look at an exhausted forty-two-year-old woman who has just ridden 5,313 miles* around New Zealand and Australia obsessively stalking ALL the wildlife and yet--YET--never seen an actual kangaroo. SOB!)
Confirmation that some kind of benevolent spirit has been looking out for me, tomorrow is forecast for 2-3 inches of rain in Sydney, with high winds and etc. I am not ashamed to say I may end up spending the entire day in bed as I am EX-HAUS-TED. Flight home on Thursday. Still can't believe this happened or that it’s almost over.
Celebrating with a cocktail—being a bartender does not guarantee photography skills as I specifically asked him to get the neck swelling. SIGH. (Update: my father was like "Nice bar," and I am pretty sure he was being sarcastic. It was better than it looks, I swear--the peeling paint was part of an overall aesthetic.)
*3,299 miles (5,310 km) in Australia, 2,014 miles (3,241 km) in New Zealand = 5,313 miles/8,551 km** and I have never ONCE washed my jacket, gloves, or overpants. Who wants to sit next to me on a 21-hour flight home????
**I know because I've tracked all fill-ups with my beloved mileage keeper app! Gas is so much more expensive in NZ that I spent only thirty more AustraliaBucks on gas here than I did there. And if you thought I was close to being out of fun facts...THINK AGAIN.
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If you rode from Vancouver, eh, all the way to the Panama Canal you would still be 270 miles short of 5,313. Is that even right?! My heavens!
ReplyDeleteyo i am sworn off doing math but that sounds like a long way indeed! and honestly i hear the panana canal is overrated--may as well just stay in vancouver.
DeleteAlso what have I done with my life in the last month that I haven’t ridden from Vancouver to the Panama Canal?!?
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