wheelieharro: Day 12- Kingston to Meningie

Last night we agreed that those who were in the second shift back from the 45 km pick up point would be first off today…. That is Chris, Ellio and myself.

Despite this we were all up at 6.00 am this morning and were down at the Kingston bakery at 7.00 am for breakfast. The motel we stayed at had no plates or cutlery for us to do our own breakfast.

Today is the bakers birthday so we celebrated with a delicious breakfast and a free donut.

After this Chris, Elliand myself were off in the Ute to the start points for the ride about 45 kms from Kingston. Chris we on about 10 kms further as he had undertaken a slightly longer ride yesterday.

After the drop off we made our way along the Princes Highway.

The road was quiet until about 10.30 am when the caravan traffic started…. And it was constant from then on! Most of the caravans seem to give plenty of space to cyclists when passing…. However there are always some idiots who insist on not moving to allow for the safe 1.5 metre distance when passing! This is despite me ( and all of us) moving as far I can to the left on the road shoulders.

The weather today was excellent again with a cool start at about 10 degrees and warming up to around 25 degrees. The wind was also favourable with a tailwind for the day…. Wow we have been lucky!

The scenery for most of the day through the Coorong was spectacular and I enjoyed seeing this part of our country. The lake configuration is quite different and scenic and the bird life was excellent.

We made very good time into Meningie arriving at about 12.45 with an average speed of over 25 kph. This would be largely attributed to the tailwind.. we saw a could of touring cyclists travelling in the opposite direction and they were struggling. One guy we spoke to mentioned he was traveling from Perth to Sydney…. Wow what a ride!

Finally we finished in Meningie and enjoyed a well deserved drink and lunch… then Chris and I made our way to our accommodation only to find we had 4 rooms with double beds only and with no room for a single bed. Despite being great friends…. Sharing a double bed is a big no NO!

After discussing this with the motel manager he informed us that there were no other rooms…. Bugger!

Using a bit of lateral thinking we both noticed another motel in the town. So I made my way to this motel and with great relief I was able to get a room for 4!

Whew you can be lucky sometimes.

As I sit here doing my blog I am quite tired after riding a second lot of 100 kms back to back I am hovering in and out of drowsiness….

I am looking forward to an early evening and bed !