Wednesday 1st September

We followed the little pink dotted line – the unspoken worry was that it would lead to a locked gate. We missed VRD by a mere 20 km. We were delighted to find our favourite campsite at Jasper Gorge was available. Armed with a new solar shower and supply of water from the gorge, we set up camp and relaxed in the shade – catching up on last Sunday’s newspaper. It was hot and still at bedtime and the fridge was struggling, so we did the right thing and ran the car for 10 minutes – sitting ourselves in the air-conditioned cab! I don’t think it got much below 30 all night.