A week into our trip now, and we are out of the car for a week cycling the rail trail. We stayed at the Gladbrook station last night and woke to a spectacular sunrise. Picked up our bikes from Cycle Surgery and we were on our way. 50 kilometers of open landscape today.
Golden hills, rocks, sheep, rivers, bridges, and old train stations line the trail.
A little more than halfway, we stopped for lunch in Hyde. Muneca made friends with Tim behind the counter. Great food, a thirst quenching beer, and we were back on the trail.
You can tell this is a very serious ride.
Good times! Cathy and I got in quite a bit of hiking about the South Island last fall (spring?) after we left EP. Look foward to trading stories
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