Scrat
Race Dog
Ok let's try this RR thing again....
Everything was planned and on my way home from work on Friday I was still wondering if I had everythingâ?¦.Ok pack everything Friday evening, have a few beer and early Saturday morning we can leave. This will be Mariqueâ??s 1st bike/camping trip! 8) 8)
It does not always happen the way you want it to happenâ?¦ :-\ :-[ :'(â?¦needless to say, we got to bed at 1am sat morning after a call from the neighbor alarmed us about the time and the amount of alcohol that has been consumed (small braai that turned us into hooligans) thereâ??s a lot of pictures but canâ??t be shown in publicâ?¦.. :mwink: :mwink:
Saturday morning with one Moerse hangover I started packingâ?¦ I stay thirsty but keep away from the beerâ?¦.eventually at 11am we get on the bike and of we are off :ricky: :ricky:
We stop at the N7 Engen to fill up and get something for the thirst.
Marique getting ready for the ride and still feeling VERY fragile..
Somewhere between Hopefield and Bergrivier we have to stop, I need a siga and Marique is falling asleep at the backâ?¦.
See this nice kodac momentâ?¦
But the dam MIGGIES are everywhere!! I thought the smoke would drive them away but they are everywhereâ?¦ if itâ??s moist they want to be thereâ?¦.. this can get dangerous!!!!
Screw the siggi â?? letâ??s get going!!
30 min later I see this nice spot and suggest to Marique to take a â??power napâ? just to feel a bit better as we will be hitting some dirt soonâ?¦.
Here are some pics, in the background you can see the Bergrivier â?? still rather full. Marique passed out and me playing with the camera.
Marique was a new person after her power nap and we needed to get a cold one SOON!
From here we got onto a gravel road (is said â??Road Closedâ?) this is why we are here!! Letâ??s explore! :ricky: :ricky: :ricky:
It was Mud, water, some more mud, and with 1 up and the new Panniers I have to try new tricks couse Iâ??m not used to this weight on the sidesâ?¦. Sorry no pics for this section, both my hands had to stay on the handle bars and there was no time to stop eitherâ?¦
We crossed the R399 and carried on till we got to a T-junction, left Elandsbaaiâ?¦ GPS?? Ah ok we go left!!
Just past the Velddrif turnoff (where the tar started again) I got a gravel road to Klein Tafelbergâ?¦ MMM letâ??s take this one Skat? AAH DAMM!!! About 1 km on this road and it startedâ?¦. Gone is the water and Mudâ?¦. The sand monster has returned!!! No time to turn around and only thing, keep your speen and watch out for the potholes!!
My armrs are getting numm at this stage and we reach to top of the hill, (after about 10km of sand) stop siga and some warm coke, and with every inhale a few dozen miggies!!
Here are some picsâ?¦.me feeling a bit tired..
Now we really need to find a drink!!!
Of we were and the sand continued! We got to the T-Junktion and turned left to Redlinghuys, and left again to Elandsbaai. About 8 km before Elandsbaai we turned right towards Leipoldtville and then left agin to Lamberts Baai.
We could feel the change in temperature as we got closer and then all of a sunnedâ?¦..Muisbosskermâ?¦..Cold Beer!!!
What a great spot, we somme decided to make reservations for that eveningâ??s dinner and we headed off to townâ?¦. By this time it was 15:45 and we were quite lazyâ?¦ and we decided to leave the tent and get accom. (not a bad deal we gotâ?¦.R250 for the honeymoon suite!! Right on the beach and own balcony with Great views..
Will post the dinner and way back in the morning.... need to get back to work....
Everything was planned and on my way home from work on Friday I was still wondering if I had everythingâ?¦.Ok pack everything Friday evening, have a few beer and early Saturday morning we can leave. This will be Mariqueâ??s 1st bike/camping trip! 8) 8)
It does not always happen the way you want it to happenâ?¦ :-\ :-[ :'(â?¦needless to say, we got to bed at 1am sat morning after a call from the neighbor alarmed us about the time and the amount of alcohol that has been consumed (small braai that turned us into hooligans) thereâ??s a lot of pictures but canâ??t be shown in publicâ?¦.. :mwink: :mwink:
Saturday morning with one Moerse hangover I started packingâ?¦ I stay thirsty but keep away from the beerâ?¦.eventually at 11am we get on the bike and of we are off :ricky: :ricky:
We stop at the N7 Engen to fill up and get something for the thirst.
Marique getting ready for the ride and still feeling VERY fragile..
Somewhere between Hopefield and Bergrivier we have to stop, I need a siga and Marique is falling asleep at the backâ?¦.
See this nice kodac momentâ?¦
But the dam MIGGIES are everywhere!! I thought the smoke would drive them away but they are everywhereâ?¦ if itâ??s moist they want to be thereâ?¦.. this can get dangerous!!!!
Screw the siggi â?? letâ??s get going!!
30 min later I see this nice spot and suggest to Marique to take a â??power napâ? just to feel a bit better as we will be hitting some dirt soonâ?¦.
Here are some pics, in the background you can see the Bergrivier â?? still rather full. Marique passed out and me playing with the camera.
Marique was a new person after her power nap and we needed to get a cold one SOON!
From here we got onto a gravel road (is said â??Road Closedâ?) this is why we are here!! Letâ??s explore! :ricky: :ricky: :ricky:
It was Mud, water, some more mud, and with 1 up and the new Panniers I have to try new tricks couse Iâ??m not used to this weight on the sidesâ?¦. Sorry no pics for this section, both my hands had to stay on the handle bars and there was no time to stop eitherâ?¦
We crossed the R399 and carried on till we got to a T-junction, left Elandsbaaiâ?¦ GPS?? Ah ok we go left!!
Just past the Velddrif turnoff (where the tar started again) I got a gravel road to Klein Tafelbergâ?¦ MMM letâ??s take this one Skat? AAH DAMM!!! About 1 km on this road and it startedâ?¦. Gone is the water and Mudâ?¦. The sand monster has returned!!! No time to turn around and only thing, keep your speen and watch out for the potholes!!
My armrs are getting numm at this stage and we reach to top of the hill, (after about 10km of sand) stop siga and some warm coke, and with every inhale a few dozen miggies!!
Here are some picsâ?¦.me feeling a bit tired..
Now we really need to find a drink!!!
Of we were and the sand continued! We got to the T-Junktion and turned left to Redlinghuys, and left again to Elandsbaai. About 8 km before Elandsbaai we turned right towards Leipoldtville and then left agin to Lamberts Baai.
We could feel the change in temperature as we got closer and then all of a sunnedâ?¦..Muisbosskermâ?¦..Cold Beer!!!
What a great spot, we somme decided to make reservations for that eveningâ??s dinner and we headed off to townâ?¦. By this time it was 15:45 and we were quite lazyâ?¦ and we decided to leave the tent and get accom. (not a bad deal we gotâ?¦.R250 for the honeymoon suite!! Right on the beach and own balcony with Great views..
Will post the dinner and way back in the morning.... need to get back to work....
