Armidale - Day 91

Mackenzie : Today we drove through all different towns.  We saw a bike race so we had to watch out for the people on the bikes.  We have stayed at most of the towns we drove through.  When we got to Armidale me and Fletcher played at the park until it got too cold.  For dinner we had tomato soup and toast it was yum.

Fletcher : Today we left Gilgandra.  We left early and on the way we saw a bike race.  Lucky we got through it .  We stopped at Gunnedah .  When we got to Armidale we set up and went to the park and had tomato soup and toast for dinner.

Today was our last day of boring driving without any touristy stops.  We came through Coonabarabran and our last time through here at the driver reviver stop, Dan and the kids got great cups of soup and biscuits, so as we pulled in there was some excitement in the car, cos us powers love to eat!  That was until we saw the town was packed and the stop was full of bicycles, there was some kind of road race between here and Gunnedah and I truly have not seen as many bikes as I did today.  So we kept driving only to see one of those massive flashing road signs and realize we were only 4 minutes in front of the start of the race and it said it was a 2.5 hour delay once the it started, a few had started so we had to try pass them but the police helped us through, I can not imagine Mr Patient trying to drive through that so the kids and I gave each other a knowing smile that we had avoided a drama filled drive.  The only hold up for the day was a heap of cows grazing on the side of the road and across the road with the boys on horseback mustering them along.  We got to Gunnedah and although Dan had hoped to run into Miranda Kerr she wasn't about, a few roadside billboards but not her in the flesh.  We stopped for a stretch and eat lunch and then headed through to Armidale.  So some men say I love you with flowers, some say it with chocolates, my man says it with a surprise ensuite site.  So we all know it was as much for him as it was for me, but when we drove in to the site at Armidale and I gasped and smiled when I saw our own bathroom, the look on his face was priceless.  It was cold already as Armidale is the highest town in NSW so we were in for a cold  night again.  The kids went to the park for a play, I feel so sorry for them being in the car but when we are getting in quite late in the afternoon there isn't much sun left and the night air sets in.  I sent them off in beanies & jackets and gave them as long as I could and then warmed them up with Tomato Soup and toast.  So they say they have never had tomato soup before??  Fletcher even saying that Tomato soup isn't a proper food its only meant to go in bolognaise sauce, after convincing them that yes I use it in pasta sauce but it is actually a soup, they gave it a go, so they loved it and there is another 1st for them on this trip!

Our hold up for the day :)