Sat 30/6 4385 steps
If I have led anyone to believe that all has been idyllic in our cosy space, please forgive me. We have had some moments. This morning was one of them. I was awake by 6am as is my norm and waited till 8 to try to wake David. He struggled to wake up and I was getting frustrated because I could not understand why he wasn’t jumping up to get on his bicycle. Afterall, these were his 2 allocated days of downhill racing.
David, however, was unsure of what lay ahead and slipped into “race mode.” Not sure why I did not pick it up, I usually know to leave him alone on these days. We finally got going at about 10 and then instead of going straight to town for breakfast as I thought we had planned, David wanted to first drive up to the bike park to buy his tickets and understand how things worked. As we drove up the hill, there were cars already parked with at least 1 mile to go. We went to the top. Parking there was $60 for the RV, but the guy said we could stop in a loading zone for 10 minutes while David went to buy his tickets. David and I both had a different idea about what that meant and did I mention I am quite irritable when I haven’t eaten anything in the morning. My hanger and his race mode is not a good combination. I will save you the details and fast forward to the part where he now has his tickets, we are parked in town and having coffee and brunch at Toomeys. David then caught the shuttle and spent his day riding down different slopes. I sat in the cool restaurant, making use of their wifi to catch up on some admin and upload photos which takes forever. I went back to my air conditioned RV for wonderful alone time. David returned much later, all smiles. He had had a lovely day too. He reckons he learnt so much in just one afternoon..
The good thing about an RV is that could he shower right there in the car park, then we went for drinks and supper at Kitchen 53, a delightful cocktail bar bistro with live music. Cool jazz with a sultry singer, perfect!
Chuckle of the day: Hard to believe there was one, but there was. I discovered all my angst about finding a campsite and Joyce having to come to the rescue was unnecessary. The city of Mammoth has carparks where overnight parking of RVs is allowed and is only $30 per night.
What I Learnt: David and I have fundamentally different biological clocks. When he had to get up to go to work, they were in sync. He got up early to make tea, which gave me my quiet time to prepare for the day and then me brought me tea in bed. David makes such good tea. Now in the RV, I wake up, lie quietly for an eternity, then when my bladder can’t take it anymore I edge to the bottom of the bed, move David’s legs out the way so I can get off, put David’s legs back, so I can open the bathroom door and finally move 1,5m away to the table, put the kettle on and hope that when it whistles, he will wake up.
Now I know most of you will think why don’t you just make the tea. I do occasionally, but then he sleeps even longer and well, David makes such good tea, it is worth waiting for.
How we will manage this when we return to our normal lives, is yet to be seen.
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