Day 10 - Rest Day at Taumarunui

We are having a rest day today at the motel to do a bit of recovery after 8 days of riding.

The body needs a bit of a recharge ahead of the days ahead.

The weather today was cool and foggy to start then warmed up to the late 20’s by the end of the day.

In the morning after a lovely breakfast courtesy of good supermarket buying by Chris, Steve and I wandered downtown to get a cappuccino.

Then we gave our bikes a good clean and service. You can see the difference in the pictures below.

After a sandwich lunch, Chris helped me reload my Garmin after doing a factory reset. This hopefully will fix the bugs that have emerged over the trip!

After a rest we went on a short 6 km loop around the town to road test the Garmin which seemed to work perfectly! Thanks Chris!!!

Along the way we had an ice cream as the weather was rather warm.

Tomorrow we start on the next leg of the trip which will be an early start at 5.00 am for a van pickup to take us to the start of the trail. After riding on the trail we then take a jet boat to our next overnight.

Should be an exciting day!

Pictures today are

Map of short ride

Photos of bike before and after cleaning