A dilemma

It was around 4.15am this morning that I finally gave up on any attempt to sleep in the ridiculous heat and humidity that just will not go away right now. Normally this would mean going for a ride, but I had an eye on the upcoming long weekend (i.e. tomorrow), and decided that as my legs had been showing visible signs of tiredness on yesterday morning's early ride, I would be better off to just rest them and "only" ride to work today.

This was alright while I was able to spend time on multimap looking up possible routes and whatever else. However, it was shortly after my arrival at work that I felt a little underdone. It seems to be a fine line, or maybe it's just addiction. Whatever it is, I always feel vaguely frustrated if I haven't had a decent ride for a while. Apart from commuting, I've had only one other ride (that was just 38km) since Sunday's epic. I'm even tempted to sneak out for a few kilometres this evening after work (even if I have an early start in the morning) just to get the feeling back.

As far as the weekend is concerned, the plan is a train to Caboolture, then riding up to Crows Nest via Toogoolawah (somewhere around which I'll camp on the first night), then over to Lake Perseverance, Ravensbourne (find another campsite around here), back down to Esk and to Ipswich for a train home. That is the loose plan -- I may well screw it all up tomorrow morning if I feel like going somewhere else. I'm thinking of a possible alternative route between Wamuran and D'Aguilar on the early stretch as I've ridden that twice this month already.

As I related before, the hardest part will be finding quiet places to camp away from basically everyone else who will be running around on this weekend (Queenslanders are notoriously loud at campsites -- not the thing for anyone planning to sleep after a day in the saddle). The second night should be easy to resolve, but I'm still not sure about exactly where I'll pitch on the first night. An early weather forecast suggests there might be some storms around on those three days. I'll believe it when I see it, but it might cool things down a little. My excitement for this tour is now building -- even if it was a little muted earlier in the week. 19 hours to go.