Now that was a nice sleep last night.
Thank you all for your encouragement and support with your comments.
It was great to see the number of FarRiders/IBA members that met us or rode with us here and there along the route. Thank you
We had a ball completing this one, it is a ride that throws issues up now and then which must be solved. One that comes to mind was when we got to Barkly Homestead NT around midnight I think it was, freezing cold strong wind blowing only to find our motel room 7 doesn't have the key in the door as arranged and double checked with them from Cloncurry that this was to be done. After wandering around checking that key wasn't thrown into the garden by someone, we decided to sleep on the tables in the BBQ area. After about 10 minutes sleep, we both woke up shivering with the cold wind howling. Still not slept by around 3.30am we were thinking we would have to pull the pin on the ride, get fuel when they open at 6am and turn our ride into a holiday.
Then we heard a truck start and idle warming up for about 10 minutes before the truck exits the motel area and up the highway. I looked at Lynne and said I wonder if he left the door open to his motel room when he left, well bugger me room 8 had the key in the door so in we go straight into bed for around 3 hours of great sleeping. Mind you Lynne refused to sleep in the queens size bed that the previous bloke slept in, she took the single bed, I commented it is still warm in my big bed and drifted off to sleep easily.
There will always be highs and lows on a ride like this, overcoming them as they pop up is the challenge.
We will have to do a ride report, maybe a few days to relax first.