Me 2007-07-19 Baking in Old Station
July 19th, 2007
I’ve had a zero day at Old Station in the home of Georgi and Dennis Heitman. A few of the others headed north while the rest of us went to Burney to buy supplies and I got the ingredients. Tomorrow is my birthday but due to the wonder of time zones I’m starting the celebrations today with a home made pavlova! It didn’t quite go to plan. The mixture tasted great, and it really puffed up brilliantly but when I took it out to cool there was some sort of implosion and I had to crumble it all up into a bowl and smooth the cream over the top. The saving grace was the genuine New Zealand kiwifruit I got from the supermarket. It went down a treat and Troll, Oblivious and Tiki even came back from 20 miles up the trail for a taste 
Otherwise not much happened. We ate, talked, planned and lazed. Two Dogs’ triplet sister is here to visit her and using Dennis’ workshop to fix the clutch cable on her bike. We had visions of her driving back to Oregon without a clutch, unable to go below 20mph
More photos of this day’s journey can be found at Belden to Old Station
Distance today: 0 miles. Total distance: 1376.7 milesFrequent travelers are familiar with different flight deals. But for people who don’t travel much they need to look for facilities like airline on-time statistics. All those who might travel towards Asia might go for malaysian airlines for warm sunny environment. And enjoy it through some cruise in those warm waters or you can go to Europe by taking flights to amsterdam . When you are in new land then taking a local map and comfortable rented car can make your day. Or you can just rush in to luxurious hotels like orlando hotel.
July 22nd, 2007 at 1:36 am
Belated Greetings for the 20th. We are enjoying your daily updates.
Just remember not to overdo the miles – we want to hear you have achieved
what you set out to do & arrived in good health.
July 22nd, 2007 at 4:30 pm
Craig. Baking. Without even any meat involved. Will wonders never cease.
July 22nd, 2007 at 4:32 pm
for future reference, you took the pavlova out of the oven too early, or didn’t beat it enough (or both)
July 23rd, 2007 at 5:04 am
Hope you received the email chocolate. Pavlova is usually cooked in a very low oven or sometimes even into a heated oven which is turned off as you put the pavlova in. Looks like it turned a caramel colour and flavour. Nana did one of those and Grandad and I loved it.
Happy hiking.
Alison
July 28th, 2007 at 11:45 pm
I think, after walking 20 miles back down the track, it would have tasted unbelievably delicious.