Friday 29/4/05

After gorging on yet another fried American breakfast (fantastic fuel economy on those things) we rode 78 miles to Golden City. Just as we set off the rain started and it either drizzled or poured all day. So a pretty miserable day - one good thing about the rain though, the dogs dont chase us all day because they're tucked up in their kenels out of the rain! The map indicated a bikers hostel in Golden City so we tried to ring ahead from Ash Grove where we stopped for lunch. Only problem was that someone had nicked the pay phone so we decided to get to golden city and seek out the hostel. After riding in rain ALL day we made it and as we rode into town a guy pulled up in his car who turned out to be the hostel owner and was just about to head out of town - more good luck, I don't know how we pull it off! He led us to the hostel which was an entire house on its own with all ameneties (kitchen, bathroom washer/dryer, tv, hi-fi). It was a fantastic place to rest up the night and the cafe over the road "Cookys" served up a real top notch roast dinner. A good end to a cold wet day.