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@nzonabike
Thinking of all of you in New Zealand who were affected by the earthquake. I've reached out to many that I met over there but there is still quite a few I don't have the contact info for. Really hoping they are all okay. Much love, you are all in my thoughts and prayers.
Isn't this the cutest dog you've ever seen?? 😚 I was thankfully able to stay at a house last night. Alan and Sue (the nice couple who fed me cheese scones last week) gave me her sisters number in case i needed help when i got to Blenheim. I am so thankful, with this fever it would've been miserable to have to camp again.. And now i have a big cute puppy too cheer me up 😊
Sooo, I have a fever. Thank god i don't have any more biking to do, I started getting sick a few days ago and the riding was making it a lot worse. But I take the ferry this evening to the North Island so I can catch my plane tomorrow in Wellington! So excited to be coming home.. I leave the country at 4 pm New Zealand time, and will arrive late at night on the 13th in Portland. Hoping this plane ride isnt too rough on me. I have my warm comfy bed at home to look forward to :) :) :)
Camping over by the Nelson lakes. I was GONNA go swimming…. Eels?! 😨
Today will be my very last ride here in new Zealand. I'm gonna miss this place.. I've calculated out that I rode a bit over 1000 miles while I was here, and I couldn't feel happier about that :) I've never ridden anything close to that in my life before now! The past week I've been battling bike problem after bike problem, yesterday I rode 65 miles with a bent derailleur... Which basically means I had a rough time haha. A few days before that, my chain had broken, and a few days before that I got my first flat tire.. But I made it!! Woo! I'm looking forward to coming home and sleeping in a real bed, and eating a good warm meal.. Mm, It's been so long... Hahah see you all soon!!
A few days ago my mom and i were talking about my trip, and she asked for some ‘reality’, i.e the nitty gritty, not-fun-at-all parts about doing what I’m doing, and i guess a lot of people think I’m having a big vacation over here. lol. So i realized how much I’ve kept from you guys! I guess i didn’t want you all worrying about me, i really like to make you smile ;) so I’m gonna go through a typical day of mine, including the not so fun stuff. I go to sleep at night, always camping, and some nights have dipped into the 30s. I would say that 1 in 4 nights I’m cold or shivering.. I’m also sleeping in a bivy sac, pictured above. Its very small and uncomfortable, but it saves weight! I guess what im trying to get at is, I hardly ever get good sleep. Usually in the morning I eat energy bars for breakfast, or maybe some oatmeal with raisins! Thats kinda a nicer morning. I love a warm meal when i can get one :) Pack up the tent, get on my bike shorts and get goin! Usually I’m on the bike for about 6-7 hours,and average 50-60 miles a day. Jeeez does my butt hurt, still haven’t gotten used to that.. But theres lots and lots of hills, some easy some hard. Headwinds are the worst, though. If theres a headwind, im moving at like 5 miles an hour.. Urg i hate it, I’ve had times of cursing and middle fingers at the wind and just pure frustration. Hahaha that’s when i remember this trip is a test and right then i am failing so i suck it up and glare at the wind instead… Lunch is tuna in a can and bread and butter. I am so sick of bread and butter. And im always snacking on trail mix which isnt so bad. Sometimes it’s raining cats and dogs here,just gotta keep pedaling. But i kinda like it, that feeling of really wanting a shower cuz your so soaked with rain, but you’re getting showered on anyways so oh well.. On the road, the drivers aren’t always courteous, especially the log trucks but they don’t have much of a choice.. Some roads don’t have a shoulder. Every muscle in my body just clenches when i hear them coming up and pray with all my might they dont hit me. See why I dont mention this stuff? Lol. Once i reach my camp i finally get to relax a little. This is kinda my favorite part of the day, I love thinking ‘yeah! I just rode from here to here!’ set up the tent, and immediately take a warm shower and make dinner afterwards. Dinner is usually top ramen or peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. On special occasions I’ll get fresh food from a grocery store! Maybe grill up sausages, like I did on Thanksgiving :) I’ve really had a hard time getting the daily vegetables, my diet is basically just carbs, nuts, and grains.. But when you’re biking this much you stop caring really, you just need the calories. oh and one more thing, i dont have a pillow. THIS IS WHY I MISS HOME. All in all, the good parts are really, really good. The bad parts can be really bad. I just want you all to understand that this isn’t necessarily a vacation but its not some kind of torture either! Theres two sides to a coin. :) See you all in 9 days ;)
This is Eugenes own Leah Cowan! Biking and woofing Adventures around New Zealand! Makes me want to go there, question is are there any railroads there, Leah?
Haha thanks @phranque-trayne :) Yes there’s PLENTY of railroads here. They go all around the country, I guess it’s small enough of a place for it. Not sure if there are actual trains that go through the whole place tho.. The rails were built here during the gold mining days!
Happy Hanukkah! Im staying in a hostel in Greymouth tonight, and a big group from Israel is here. I got to celebrate with them very traditionally, they sang songs in Hebrew and we danced and ate the fried dough which had a complicated name I can't remember haha. So cool!! What an experience 😁
Remember the post I made about those scary birds, Magpies, that attack cyclists? Yeah well nesting season just ended, which means no more threat from them *thank the lord*. But just wanted to inform you all that a total of NINE of them attacked me throughout my tour. Carry on.
A few days ago my mom and i were talking about my trip, and she asked for some ‘reality’, i.e the nitty gritty, not-fun-at-all parts about doing what I’m doing, and i guess a lot of people think I’m having a big vacation over here. lol. So i realized how much I've kept from you guys! I guess i didn’t want you all worrying about me, i really like to make you smile ;) so I’m gonna go through a typical day of mine, including the not so fun stuff. I go to sleep at night, always camping, and some nights have dipped into the 30s. I would say that 1 in 4 nights I’m cold or shivering.. I’m also sleeping in a bivy sac, pictured above. Its very small and uncomfortable, but it saves weight! I guess what im trying to get at is, I hardly ever get good sleep. Usually in the morning I eat energy bars for breakfast, or maybe some oatmeal with raisins! Thats kinda a nicer morning. I love a warm meal when i can get one :) Pack up the tent, get on my bike shorts and get goin! Usually I’m on the bike for about 6-7 hours,and average 50-60 miles a day. Jeeez does my butt hurt, still haven’t gotten used to that.. But theres lots and lots of hills, some easy some hard. Headwinds are the worst, though. If theres a headwind, im moving at like 5 miles an hour.. Urg i hate it, I’ve had times of cursing and middle fingers at the wind and just pure frustration. Hahaha that’s when i remember this trip is a test and right then i am failing so i suck it up and glare at the wind instead… Lunch is tuna in a can and bread and butter. I am so sick of bread and butter. And im always snacking on trail mix which isnt so bad. Sometimes it’s raining cats and dogs here,just gotta keep pedaling. But i kinda like it, that feeling of really wanting a shower cuz your so soaked with rain, but you’re getting showered on anyways so oh well.. On the road, the drivers aren’t always courteous, especially the log trucks but they don’t have much of a choice.. Some roads don’t have a shoulder. Every muscle in my body just clenches when i hear them coming up and pray with all my might they dont hit me. See why I dont mention this stuff? Lol. Once i reach my camp i finally get to relax a little. This is kinda my favorite part of the day, I love thinking ‘yeah! I just rode from here to here!’ set up the tent, and immediately take a warm shower and make dinner afterwards. Dinner is usually top ramen or peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. On special occasions I’ll get fresh food from a grocery store! Maybe grill up sausages, like I did on Thanksgiving :) I’ve really had a hard time getting the daily vegetables, my diet is basically just carbs, nuts, and grains.. But when you’re biking this much you stop caring really, you just need the calories. oh and one more thing, i dont have a pillow. THIS IS WHY I MISS HOME. All in all, the good parts are really, really good. The bad parts can be really bad. I just want you all to understand that this isn't necessarily a vacation but its not some kind of torture either! Theres two sides to a coin. :) See you all in 9 days ;)
Tumblr kinda sucks
Sorry for my inconsistency with posting guys, tumblr really likes to malfunction on me and it's been hard to even get a post up! :( but here's like 4 new ones for you to read! So yayy Christmas came early!! ;)
Milford Sound! A great wonder of the world! So happy I had chance to come here, the night before had 260 kilometer an hour winds.... Not even joking. Included with a crazy lightning storm, which was honestly really exciting! Lol well this trip was made possible by two very cool people i met that morning, Tory and Avery. Thanks so much guys, it was so fun playin with all those kea parrots with you xD
This one needs a caption... I was thinkin: 'this b!tch means business.' Queenstown, New Zealand.
YESTERDAY I FLEW A PLANE. OH MY GOD. Eeee! I still get excited thinking about that. I took a legit flying lesson! So if i ever want to be a pilot, this counts towards the training :) living life!!
Boy, have I been busy... Its the last leg of my trip, I have 500 more miles to ride and I need to HUSTLE. My flight back home is Decemeber 13th (!!) The people above I met after getting a flat tire a few days ago. They gave me their number and told me to come by before I head to Wanaka, Sue made some delishh cheese scones and tea, and we had some good laughs before Alan helped me out and drove me over the highest pass in New Zealand! Can I emphasize the 'highest pass' part?? Literally I think I wouldve been crying if I had ridden over it. 3 miles of just constant incline, 3,000+ feet up. Idk, thats just too much for me...
My first true taste of the West coast, and it’s been simply magnificent. These are pictures from a cruise I took through the fiords of Doubtful Sound. Walls of rock shoot into the sky, I felt so small! The air felt amazingly fresh, and when things were quiet I realized just how ‘out there’ we were. I’ll never forget this day. What made it really beautiful for me was meeting a friend, Diane, and being able to share that experience together with so much zest. We were in awe together with what we were seeing, snapping picture after picture. And we laughed so much! I loved how easily we became friends, it’s been a while since I smiled that much. It was really special to find someone with that energy and love for life and I hope I see her again someday. :)
Well, it’s officially been 2 months since I landed here in New Zealand. I don’t know where to begin in explaining how amazing this has been for me so far, but I figured I’d share a few of the things I’ve learned: Firstly, I CAN do this.. You have friends all over the world, you just don’t know them yet! Things are much better when you’re smiling. Getting to the top of a hill (physically or metaphorically) is HARD and it hurts, and you want to give up just by looking at it.. But if you work towards it, even if you’re moving at the pace of a slug, at least you’re moving. When you reach the top, you feel SO good. The downhill is even better! You don’t need much to survive, and you don’t need much to be happy. When youre out of your comfort zone you learn so much more. (Honestly I think this is when you START learning) Sometimes its okay to cry on the side of the road. It will always be okay! Travelling on your own teaches you a lot about what you take for granted. There’s really no place like home. Get off your couch, i guarantee theres something around you you haven’t seen or done yet. Lazy days are very nice, though.. Very, very nice….. Ice cream is dangerously good. (Wait, i already knew that..) Believe in yourself! Youre capable of more than you think. Be thankful for what you have. Seriously. And last but definitely not least: The people that I love are truly invaluable. They keep me sane and it would be impossible to do this without them and their support. I love you guys. Happy thanksgiving!!
Stewart Island!! Oh man I’d been looking forward to this all year. This place is WILD. I’ve spent the past couple days here hiking the Rakiura Track, a 35k hike through the island. There’s rare, exotic birds of all kinds that fly and sing and chirp above you; beautiful trees, ferns, babbling brooks and hidden waterfalls; sandy beaches scattered with crazy shells.. I can hardly put it into words. I even saw a Kiwi bird!! Oh my god that was so cool.. They’re such an adorably awkward creature :) what a trip this has been..
