Day 19: Minilya to Carnarvan

I was very surprised that I was first up in our camp this morning. The thing was that I read the time wrongly thinking it was 6.15 when it was really 5.15 am. There was plenty of noise going on so I assumed the riders were pulling down their tents but really it was the road gangs going to breakfast. We parked fairly close to the generator last night which gave us a constant background noise so we missed all the truck noise and most of the road workers noise. One group were watching the footy and apparently barracking for Collingwood as the song was sung loud and clear at the end of the game. I actually had a really good sleep and think this may be the go at other roadhouses that have loud generators (as long as they go all night and don't cut in and out).

Jill took off first again this morning and the boys were about 15 minutes behind her. Morning tea was at a lovely rest area and we have all noticed that there is quite a bit of water laying around on the flood plains. We have once again been fortunate that there has been quite a bit of rain in front of us and now some behind us but we have missed it all so far. I am expecting rain by the time we get to Geraldton but that is just par for the course. Some of the rivers are flowing- slowly.

Lunch was called 5 km earlier than was suggested and this was at Collis' discretion. His reasoning behind his decision was that there was quite a distance between Jill and the boys and they seemed to be struggling a bit although the wind had turned in there favour. The reaction from the boys was quite negative so a brief discussion ensured but further discussion on this subject will need to occur. The boys stated they weren't struggling and they were enjoying the ride and would have preferred to have gone on further while the wind was in their favour.

We had another stop 30 kms down the road and everyone was into camp by 2.30 pm.  We all went down to the shops to restock up on food and I have one more bush camp that I have to cook for. It looks like it might be another lasagne and I cooked the sauce tonight and have frozen it for lasagne construction at the bush camp. Collis and I cooked up some corned silverside for dinner tonight and this was like a home cooked dinner- lovely. Canarvan Wintersun CP is very nice and we have a lovely spot down near the kids playground- 2 powered sites.