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12th Day - 9th April 2010

I watched the sunrise while munching on oatmeal today.

Destination --> Sydney!

Pretty excited as I'm nearing to the major pit stop, unfortunately I got lost and took the wrong turn to a major freeway which led to this huge mountain - NO shoulder ! I had to ride on the gutter where huge semis are passing me at 12 inches away! I could literally feel them on my skin! *shudder*

By the time I got out of the death trap, the rest of the ride was smooth sailing to Sydney. Although getting into the actual city seemed forever!! I guess I was just plain exhausted.

p.s.: Seeing Stella tomorrow! Sooooo excited!

11th Day - 8th April 2010

It was only a 50 Kms ride today to Kiama. My legs are killing me. I can't wait to get to Sydney where I'll spend 3 days with Chubby Bunny!!

It was really cool in Kiama, a quaint little town, yummy ice cream! I was too tired to have anything and passed out at 4.30PM!! Man, I'm getting old!

124 Kms to Sydney from here!

9-10th day!! April 6,7th 2010

Had to get to Narooma today but instead went to Batesman Bay instead. Nothing much to see in Batesman bay. Next day my destination was Ulludulla which was not too bad of a ride easier than the ride to and out of Merimbula haha. I was making good time to Ulludulla so I decided to do another 50kms to Nowra. Everything was going well, I was going to make it before the sun came down but 20kms out of the city my trailer tyre popped!!! So I had to fix the tyre but the valve on the tube wasn't working very well. I could pump the tube up but air would leak out of it right away. So I had to quickly pump up the tyre then quickly pull the pump off the valve so no air would escape. Well I kept on trying but i could only fill it half full. It was better than nothing so i quickly hopped back on the bike and pedaled into Nowra at around 7 I do believe. It was so dark!!! When I got to the camp site the dude gave me a free site. He recognized my accent and said that i was a Calgarian!!! I'm like ya buddy that's crazy!! how did he know!!! Turns out he coached rugby in Edmonton for a couple of years, thought that was pretty groovy. Have a wonderful day Internet folk talk to ya soon!!!

-Jesse Fokkens

6,7,8 Day!! April 3-5th 2010

Woke up early and headed to Cann River!!! Well there is not much in Cann River just a gas station and a bakery haha Right from the start it wasn't a good road to ride haha the shoulder was the white line and to make it worse it was the rumble strip haha There were a couple long hills around 5kms long. It was around a 75km ride. Got to Cann river and went to bed to get ready for Merimbula which was a long ride. Started early for Merimbula it was still dark when I started on the road. It was the most difficult ride so far!! Nothing but long steep hills. Had to grind my teeth on this ride to Merimbula. I made it at a decent time around 5:30 ish by cycling 140kms. Stayed at Katrina's parents place which was so wonderful of them to let me stay in their amazing house. Thank you soo much for letting me stay the night!!! Next day I was heading to Narooma but didn't know the road was going to be soo difficult. Took me around 7hrs to do 65kms didn't make it to Narooma i was 28kms short it was getting dark so I decided to stay in Bermagui. Which I liked actually glad I stayed there cool little town. Well that was my 3 days of cycling, almost in Sydney!!! See ya later Blog readers!!!!

-Jesse Fokkens