A great Day 9.

Today the plan was for a short but spectacular ride to our next camp. We have climbed up to about 6,000ft to a very nice camp up the end of a valley.

The boys worked late into the evening and fixed my bike - sealing up the radiator with some epoxy in the end. They did drive into town to try to get it welded but could find anyone. The bash plate is back on too! Thanks guys.

The ride today was spectacular again. Huge wide valleys, smooth sweeping tracks, amazing views, sunshine ... perfect. Most of the time you can cruise along at 60, 70, 80 km/h. We had plenty of time so there was lots of photo stops and quiet cruising - plus a bit of hooning. Plus a few river crossings to keep us awake and moisten the socks.

We got into camp at about 1PM for a lunch and a try at archery. Some of the gang walked up the mountain next to us for some spectacular views. Some of us relaxed and just flew the drone up to the summit to enjoy the view! When we get a good internet connection I will upload as many as I can.

(That’s our camp down in the valley)

After simple but perfect dinner we found the fires had been lit in our Ger (it was cooling down quickly at this altitude) so we were toasty-warm in our beds. 

Tomorrow is our most challenging day. Long, rocky and steep. It will be an early start for a big day, but we then have two nights at “white lake” - somewhere in Mongolia!