We finally got to Oom Giel's Farm as the sun had already gone to find both Joyride & RidAlot waiting there for us. Fred & Raptor F22 had gone on ahead, behind Oom Giel in his bakkie to show them where the camp site was. @ this point after the various experiences we all just had over the past few hours...... both Dave & RideAlot decided that there was just no way that they were in any mood to tackle any more sand for the evening.... To be truly honest I too was quite happy to just pitch a tent for the night right there on the front stoep of Oom Giel's farm house.....but the reality was that we had come such a long way.....endured far too much to just throw in the towel. After all.....the main reason we included this section of the route...was to enjoy the experience of sleeping out on the PAN.
Joyide made a very valid point that with the other 2 guys on their bikes already out on the Pan with Oom Giel in his bakkie....it just did not make sence for the 4 of us to just stay here on the farm. Joyride was quite happy to press on forward to attempt in following the tracks of the other 2 guys & hopefully get Oom Giel along the way as he made his way back to the farm. It was decided among us, that both RideAlot & Dave were going to hang 10 @ the farm till when Oom Giel gets back & ask if he could perhaps just brings them through to the camp site later on, as Dave was still hurting just a bit from his recent "Purchase" a few km's back. Joyride & myself would then rather go on together as we weren't too happy with the idea if just one person going on ahead into the darkness of Verneukpan.
Well.....to be really honest once again.....I truly think that both Dave & RideAlot's decision to stay behind turned out to be a rather good one......cause quite a few km's down the road both Joyride & I were all of a sudden introduced to yet another section of EVIL sand. >
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:biggrin: We both held a brave face & continued to press on forward @ a rather slow & smooth pace....when all of a sudden Joyride's 950 started to do it's little "Snake Dance" right over/accross the tracks of the other 2 guys that had earlier passed here. I made the mistake of stopping briefly behind Joyride....just to give him a bit more space. Joyride very nicely managed to keep things very well under control, but I am sure he will agree that there were some pretty close moment there where he almost got it wrong >
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The problem for me is that when I stopped briefly to give Joyride a bit more space (...as we were riding reasonably close, so that I could light up the road ahead - due to my bike looking like a Christmas Tree)....as I put my right foot out.....Eish... the sand sortof just gave way & while I was still stationary my bike just gently carried on leaning over. There was just no way I was even going to try fight it & just let the bike lay over there gently in the nice soft sand :lol8: :lol8: :lol8: :lol8: All I could do was just burst out laughing & in a strange kinda way......enjoy the moment & make the best out of the situation.
This time round, the camera was rolling & even though the light was really CRAP by now.....I still manned to capture it. I don't quite think that it would qualify as a "real purchase of some Real Estate"......but merely just a bit of "Window Shopping @ a Show House" :biggrin: :biggrin:
