A beautiful sunrise across lake Hume greeted us this morning. How much better is this than a night of rain and storms. After a long breakfast, we knew we only had a small day today, we headed out across the glassy waters towards the Bethanga bridge. The morning sun was hot and with no wind it felt even hotter.
Tinky decided it was time to test out the fishing rod holder in his boat and started to trawl across the lake. We saw hundreds of carp on the surface and we tried hitting them with our paddles. With all the fish around, Tinky was still unable to catch anything. But wait, he has something, it is big, he can hardly pull it in. The excitement turns to laughter as we realise he as actually caught Thomo.
A nice break on the sand bank of the lake was had before we pushed to the Bethanga bridge. The glassy waters on the west side of the bridge was again turned into heavy seas on the east side of the bridge, how does that happen?
Janice is waiting for us at the Pines with the trailer and some mufffins (how good was that). We make two trips with the trailer to ferry the boats around the dam wall. We one again start our journey on the river down toward Albury. The river level has dropped quite a bit in the last week as the weir tap is turned off, possible due to forecast rain, the current is running at approx. 2 to 3 kms hr. This stretch of river below the wall is our home turf, so we know it well. We stop at the Waterworks Bridge for lunch and then down to Noreuil at Albury by 3pm.
It is great to see the welcome part as we round the bend at Noreuil. We are tied, sore and happy to be home for a while. Now for the preparation for the February kick-off.
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