Alice Springs, OZ
Well, howdy from the middle of OZ. Eva and I left Mt. Isa on Tuesday, and took the Plenty Highway to Alice Springs. The route was an unsealed road, which meant we went a bit slower than the normal sealed road. Unsealed means dirt for any that were confused by that, sealed means paved. Our average speed was about 40 kph (k not miles), and it was bumpy, dusty and the flies were frisky whenever we stopped. It was great! I think we saw maybe 12 people during the entire drive, though many more cows.
As the sun set, the flies would clear though, and we continue to be blessed out here with amazing sunsets and sunrises. Somehow, one of us keeps waking at sunrise and we both check it out for a few minutes before rolling over and going back to bed.
Eva continues to cook excellent dinners. Yes, I am a total bum for letting her cook, but she's better at it than I, and better by a fair margin. The meals have been great. We experimented with making our own pan fried bread last night, something that I picked up from Kiki while in Agnes. Kiki, thanks for the recipe, it was great. The recipe is self raising flour, water and salt. Pretty danged easy, and pretty danged tasty.
We stopped today when we were flagged down by two Aborigines on the side of the road. They seemed to have run out of gas so we gave them some liters, and Eva gave the woman her thongs, as she had no shoes on her.
It was long days driving, but fun ones. On the downside, I think the dust adversely affected the tape deck. Whatever the reason, we lost music sometime yesterday. Hopefully, a cleaning will mend the music problem, especially as I just saw U2 Rattle and Hum in a 2nd hand shop, great album. I also managed to put a crack in the windshield, though I have no idea how. Well, it might have been the cow that we ran down for dinner two nights ago, but I doubt it. The fresh steak was worth it though (I'm joking, geez).
So, here we are in Alice, where I plan to be a bit festive tonight. We're going to relax here for the weekend, before pushing off towards some of the sites in this area, Ayer's Rock and King's Canyon to start with. Anyway, thanks for the messages some of y'all sent, it was great to hear from people around the globe.
As the sun set, the flies would clear though, and we continue to be blessed out here with amazing sunsets and sunrises. Somehow, one of us keeps waking at sunrise and we both check it out for a few minutes before rolling over and going back to bed.
Eva continues to cook excellent dinners. Yes, I am a total bum for letting her cook, but she's better at it than I, and better by a fair margin. The meals have been great. We experimented with making our own pan fried bread last night, something that I picked up from Kiki while in Agnes. Kiki, thanks for the recipe, it was great. The recipe is self raising flour, water and salt. Pretty danged easy, and pretty danged tasty.
We stopped today when we were flagged down by two Aborigines on the side of the road. They seemed to have run out of gas so we gave them some liters, and Eva gave the woman her thongs, as she had no shoes on her.
It was long days driving, but fun ones. On the downside, I think the dust adversely affected the tape deck. Whatever the reason, we lost music sometime yesterday. Hopefully, a cleaning will mend the music problem, especially as I just saw U2 Rattle and Hum in a 2nd hand shop, great album. I also managed to put a crack in the windshield, though I have no idea how. Well, it might have been the cow that we ran down for dinner two nights ago, but I doubt it. The fresh steak was worth it though (I'm joking, geez).
So, here we are in Alice, where I plan to be a bit festive tonight. We're going to relax here for the weekend, before pushing off towards some of the sites in this area, Ayer's Rock and King's Canyon to start with. Anyway, thanks for the messages some of y'all sent, it was great to hear from people around the globe.
posted by Bob Stein at 11:58 PM
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