Its all right at the start... by maggiemae

Its all right at the start...

We were almost home and we looked at each other and said, why don’t we have lunch up river at Kurow! Set off down the usual road but our GPS said, ‘Turn right’ I saw a sealed road with centre line and thought well, why not! Never been up this road.
Well it turned out to be a nightmare for me - here is it is just picturesque - we met a farmer in pickup moving cattle down the road and he stopped and said, “Don’t often see a Motorhome going up this road! John replied, after seeing the odd farmer waving at us, “well they probably think we are just a couple of bloody tourists, lost again”!
The road deteriorated into just a basic farm track with ruts and ditches and extremely tight turns down the mountain side! I hung on desperately and occasionally swore!
Three good things:
1. We ended up on a main road and I breathed a sigh of relief and picked up all the fallen bits and pieces in our van!
2. John being John, just loved it!
3. Finally at home and not much unpacking - we didn’t bring much!
Glad you had a good trip. Not so good unpacking!
October 2nd, 2017  
Now you know where that road led...
October 2nd, 2017  
Great shot! I like the line up trees on the right.
October 2nd, 2017  
@kwind The reason I took this photo - thanks for your comment!
October 2nd, 2017  
Ooh dear you were glad to get home then ! -- love the inviting scene !
October 2nd, 2017  
Such a funny story Maggie! I can just imagine! I remember one trip I took with Anthony & Jo years ago. He went on some track across uninhabited country with about two inches in the fuel tank...I was nearly having kittens! No spare in a tank but we made it out the other end amazingly!
October 2nd, 2017  
@happypat That sounds awful! I have since learnt there have been several fatal accidents on the road that we took! But with smaller ATV's which got stuck in a rut and turned over!
October 2nd, 2017  
@maggiemae Scary! You won't be taking that road again!
October 2nd, 2017  
What an adventure. Beautiful scenery.
October 2nd, 2017  
We are noting all these campervan hints and lessons!
October 2nd, 2017  
Sounds like quite an adventure for the end of your journey. I also have a habit of driving up roads that I've never used before it can certainly lead to some entertaining journeys!
October 2nd, 2017  
@shepherdman I'm going to be in charge of decisions in the future - not the darned GPS!
October 2nd, 2017  
@rjb71 I loved the first bit, Richard - the asphalt turned to gravel but it was still a good road with lovely scenery - followed a sheep with a tiny lamb up the road, met a bunch of cattle being driven..... until the road turned to little more than a horse track!
October 2nd, 2017  
love the fine texture of those colourful trees.
October 2nd, 2017  
A memorable end to your journey!
October 2nd, 2017  
@mccarth1 My memorable end, Kerry was a stiff gin to compensate for the hair raising experience (on my side)
October 2nd, 2017  
Looks beautiful. Hope there was not too much damage in the cupboards. I am always a little afraid to open our cupboards after we have been on the road :)
October 2nd, 2017  
@k1w1 Nothing broken thank goodness - just a few items that fell on the floor!
October 2nd, 2017  
Quite an experience. Our Sat Nav took us along a similar road a while ago. When we checked out the actual map instead of the virtual map afterwards it turned out that there were two Silvan Roads and our Sat Nav girl obviously had a sense of humour and took us along the scenic one. It was a hair raising experience.
October 3rd, 2017  
It's good to explore (mostly!) and it looks an interesting tree lined route
October 3rd, 2017  
Fantastic capture! Lovely composition and line of trees.
October 3rd, 2017  
Beautiful color and scenery right here. Sorry it was such a harrowing ride but glad to know you made it down safely with little damage and didn't have a whole a lot of unpacking to do when you got home
October 3rd, 2017  
Oh the motor home stories you will have. Something unexpected always happens . This is a lovely photo!
October 3rd, 2017  
@grammyn When you arrive safely after an experience like this, Katy - it becomes an 'adventure'! If you don't then it is a 'disaster' A fine line!
October 3rd, 2017  
@fbailey Think I need a more detailed map book!
October 3rd, 2017  
Nice pic. And what a great way to travel
October 3rd, 2017  
@cheribug Its nice to remember this picture Cheryl! And not some other ones I took with my feet planted firmly on the ground! Nice to see your name popping up!
October 3rd, 2017  
Great photo...It sounds like your adventures are never ending :).
October 3rd, 2017  
October 3rd, 2017  
@seattlite I like the word adventure - it generally means a good ending and a good conversation piece!
October 3rd, 2017  
What a great shot, so sorry that road deteriorated, but, you got through. I so liked #3....I always take too much...
October 3rd, 2017  
@happysnaps We ended up wearing the same clothes each day, Valerie! A big wash when we came home!
October 3rd, 2017  
A road less traveled . I'm glad your husband enjoyed the adventure.
October 3rd, 2017  
beautiful scene, it is always more fun to take the road less traveled
October 3rd, 2017  
@hjbenson The start of that book - is "Life is difficult' Sort of has meaning - not everything needs to be easy!
October 3rd, 2017  
Can see why you made the choice. It seems like such an idyllic setting. Who wouldn't want to see where that road leads?
October 3rd, 2017  
beautiful photo ... sounds like you had an interesting experience ... did you take pictures of the cattle on the road? fav
October 3rd, 2017  
@lynnz I took several, Lynn - might put them in my other album! In 'yer face cows!
October 3rd, 2017  
Another road trip adventure - sounds very intrepid of you! That GPS (I call ours the gypsy) has a lot to answer for but at least you got to explore a bit more of the road less travelled. Lovely photo with those leading lines
October 3rd, 2017  
@kiwinanna John has taken our GPS into serious confrontation! I know settings can control where you want to go but - not this side trip. After a happy outcome it can now be called an Adventure!! If you look a this much repeated saying ... "A road less travelled" you will find (via Google) that Life is difficult!
October 3rd, 2017  
You certainly live an exciting life "on the edge"! My motto is don't trust the GPS! I always check where it's going to take us on a decent map before we start! I love map reading but you can't do it when driving! My sister used to be good at map reading but just lately she seems to have lost the art and got us lost! Best if I check myself before we leave! Great image! Fav!
October 3rd, 2017  
The GPS Navigator once tried to lead our rig - 4X4 and caravan - down a bicycle path 8-)
October 3rd, 2017  
Bep
Sounds like quite an adventure... More trips to come?
October 3rd, 2017  
Awesome shot
October 3rd, 2017  
Certainly an exciting journey home, love this shot!
October 3rd, 2017  
It just looked too inviting. glad you made it in one piece. oh the tales you can spin after you experience something like this.
October 4th, 2017  
You would never want to use the GPS in our area- it is always WRONG!! Glad this turn, turned out ok in the end.
October 8th, 2017  
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