The hobbit dropped us off along the road near the entrance to our lodging for the night, the Hu-Ha Bikepacker's Hostel. If its one thing I have learned from previous bike tours, there is always a hill before the campground and yesterday evening was no exception. After putting our gear back on our bikes, we headed up a steep gravel drive up to a turn of the century ranch house that will be our home for the night. I knew I was in 7th heaven as we pulled up to the house and I saw a lovely veggie and herb garden complete with a Wizard of Oz Tinman and Wilber, the house pig. The wisteria hanging over the side porch had to been over 100 years old. Ahhhh. Heaven.
Turns out the home is a 40 plus hectare sheep and goat farm as well as a hostel for bike tourists and other travelers. The family has been running it since the early 90s. Our hosts, Sam and Joanne, were most gracious, especially considering that they had their first baby, Max Robin, 11 days ago. We were impressed and gushed stories of Amber, Oscar and Amara...
We really enjoyed this place. So comfy and homey. We explored the property. Met the house dog, goat, pig, many sheep, etc. before sitting out on the deck and enjoying a cup of tea. Made a nice dinner that night, then sat down for a serious night of tea, biscuits, delicious organic chocolate and... Gin Rummy. Yes, we played rummy until bedtime. The place had an old phonograph and wooden chest full of old classic records. Eagles, Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel... We had it made. There was one other guest there, a young man named Ofir from Israel. It was his day of Sabbath, but he joined us happily in many rounds of Gin Rummy. ;)
A good night's sleep then up and adam for a 60 mile day out to the North Coast.
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