Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Day 27 Katherine to Emerald Springs 127 kms

It was sad saying goodbye to our little cabin in our own little resort but it had to be done, otherwise these riders wouldn't get to Darwin as planned. Up early (still dark) and packed up the cabin before heading down to the campsite. Everyone was up and at it. The first riders headed off at 7.15 am and the last rider left at 7.30 am so not a huge gap today.
We left camp around 8 am to get to the morning tea stop around 9 am even though morning tea time had been arranged for 9.30 to 10.30 am. With the strong tail winds we decided they would get to morning tea and all breaks early today. We provided Safeway chocolate chip and Anzac cookies today.
Our son, his wife and his parents-in-law met us at morning tea on their way to Katherine Gorge. They will be joining us again at Emerald Springs tonight. It was lovely to see a familiar face or two.
Lunch was at Pine Creek in the local park. A couple of the riders got lost and had trouble finding us at first but all barr Woody arrived at the park. We think Woody must have decided to ride on through lunch as he often does.


All barr Peter in camp by 2.30 pm. Peter had told us that he wanted to spend some time at Pine Creek before riding the last 30 kms. The roadhouse is not the same as the territory manor but they have clean showers, green grass to camp on and a nice restaurant to eat at. What more could they ask for?? Well, Jacquei was giving free foot massages. They had a shoe tree and a great friendly restaurant with great food. We like Emerald Springs.

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