354 Miles / 570 km
Leaving Strahan this morning was a struggle. I slept pretty good and for a solid 9 hours but I was tired. Yesterday really drained me mentally and my body has been feeling pretty tired the last day or two. I didn’t leave till 10, and I made no plans for any side trips today. I was hoping to bike to Mount Jukes Lookout once in Queenstown, but today I’m listening to my body and I’m doing the bare minimal that I need to.
The ride to Queenstown was pretty short, but oh it was a gradual uphill for a good 10km. My legs struggled with even the smallest hills, and my motivation was non existent. I didn’t feel in a very good place this morning and really didn’t want to be cycling. My mind was racing, I was starting to feel overwhelmed and I was anxious on the road.
I stopped once on the ride… well other than to get off and walk up most of the hill today. I snapped a beautiful photo of the mountains. Really they are about the only thing that make me smile on days like this. I really can’t complain about the landscape here. Tasmania is out of this world, and I love love love love being surrounded by the mountains again.
“Some days you just have to say ‘screw it I did what I could today.’ and just let go of all the stuff you wanted to do. Life is too short to be angry at yourself for being human.”
I think the real questions that were going on in my head where the ‘what’s next’ ones. After the bike ride, it’s a total 8 day ‘off the radar’ hiking trip for me. And then bam back to reality, and a flight booked to New Zealand the day after the hike, without a fucking clue what I’m going to be doing. Visa’s are running through my head, money, work, people, places. There’s somedays where I feel like I have it all figured out, and then there’s days like today where all the pieces are there floating around but they aren’t fitting together. My heart and my mind don’t generally work in sync together and thats what’s making this hard. Today was a struggle but I made it to Queenstown. Happy to check in early, and rest. Oh, how I had forgotten how good an afternoon nap was!
“If it excites you and scares you at the same time, then you should do it”
