{"id":4081,"date":"2013-01-26T09:26:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-26T08:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/?p=4081"},"modified":"2019-12-31T02:07:34","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T07:07:34","slug":"wild-wonderful-and-very-very-wet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/2013\/01\/wild-wonderful-and-very-very-wet\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild, Wonderful and very, very WET!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I sometimes think we ought to hire ourselves out as rainmakers.\u00a0 It seems wherever we cycle the wet weather follows.\u00a0 Even in the Sahara, one of the driest places on the planet, we experienced a freak storm that left us with a soggy tent and water logged sleeping bags.\u00a0 (We\u2019d left the fly off, naturally.\u00a0 It never rains in the desert.)<br \/>\nNow, New Zealand is not Mauritania.\u00a0 I get that.\u00a0 But honestly, I have to keep reminding myself that we\u2019re mid-summer down under.<br \/>\nSome days I wonder if my parents back home in the midst of a Montana winter might be experiencing better weather.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4081 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/the-seafood-guy_8540737236_o\/'><img width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/the-seafood-guy_8540737236_o-500x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/the-seafood-guy_8540737236_o-500x500.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/the-seafood-guy_8540737236_o-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/the-seafood-guy_8540737236_o-768x768.jpg 768w, 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around the Buller Gorge. Beautiful, but you can be sure RAIN is just moments away.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Not that I\u2019m really complaining.\u00a0 In six years of bicycle travel, we\u2019ve surely been exposed to enough UV rays to put us over the cancer society recommended limit.\u00a0 Cloud cover is good, after all, in a country smack dab under a humongous hole in the ozone layer.<br \/>\nEven if the Kiwis are slightly sun deprived, their hospitality gene hasn\u2019t been stunted.\u00a0 We\u2019ve been able to wait out most extreme weather events in blissful indoor comfort.<br \/>\nAs soon as the sun peeks out, we hit the road to explore some of the best scenery on the entire six years.\u00a0 Yes, here on the south island, we\u2019re <em>spoiled<\/em> by beauty.<br \/>\nCrystal clear lakes, native forest, tranquil bays\u2026bike touring heaven in other words.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t mind a few killer hills mixed in to all the fun.<\/p>\n<p>Just remember, these are the good times. \u00a0All those miserable rain-drenched moments go unrecorded.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Catch up on the latest news via the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/worldbiking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Biking Facebook Page<\/a> or connect with us on<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/worldbiking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>.<br \/>\nUpdate us on your life or send praise and adulation via email at worldbiking@gmail.com<br \/>\nLeave a comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I sometimes think we ought to hire ourselves out as rainmakers.\u00a0 It seems wherever we cycle the wet weather follows.\u00a0 Even in the Sahara, one of the driest places on the planet, we experienced a freak storm that left us<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[178,49],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wild, Wonderful and very, very WET! 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