Yay, last day of work. I'll get the xmas family obligations out of the way then hit the road. Yes, this year I'm off on a road trip. The first real road trip in at least 14 years. When I say real road trip I mean the no plan, no accommodation bookings style trip. Just me, the dog, the tent and a few beers and my trusty Japanese car. Not like the old days of rust-bucket Holdens overheating through deserted roads. No! Piece-of-cake wee Japanese cars that actually get from A to B.
I'm so excited. The dog doesn't look so keen. It's a 'poofy' (named by every West Coaster I met last weekend break I had) small fluffy number that can't be fed before trips in the car because he'll bring up his lunch on my upholstery.
A friend has booked a wee school in the depths of the West Coast hills for a New Years gathering so I'll start there, spending a couple of days, but after that it's no plans.
Bliss.
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Hey Louize sounds cool. I love those open ended times, they can go either way like the gambler's dice. It is also good going all those places tourists don't. Probably not so safe for a woman but years ago I did a couple of trips where I hitich-hiked with a car - just took off heading north, and would pick up hitch-hikers asking immediately "Where are you going?" and saying I'm heading north/south etc myself. I'd try to leave it open ended so if they were boring I could biff them out [sorry I turn off here]...on the other hand if we got on well I'd expand the trip... saying we've got a few hours in hand, we'll still get to location A before tea-time, do you want to go and have a look at lake this or that, or stop and have a walk along the beach etc. It worked out good about 50/50. I had boring days, but I would have had them anyway, travelling alone. I also had some great moments with total strangers - like hitching itself - just enjoying the brief encounter and in return about half a dozen of them got to where they are going with a free scenic tour thrown in. I remember once in a fit of madness buying a fishing rod and local fishing license in Twizel and spending a few crazy hours with a Boston nurse and Sydney traffic engineer, who couldn't cast a fishing rod either (while giant trout sailed past in crystal clear water laughing out loud). But we laughed too and enjoyed the back blocks of the McKenzie Basin area, places I'd never otherwise go. I hope you enjoy your spontaneous road trip and lots of quirky good things come the way of you and poofy. Have a happy New Year and thanks for the interest and comments (and free ad on your site I see) for NZ in Tranzit, especially as I am not always nice to train spotters!!
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