We woke up in our blacked out motel room with no idea what time it was. We were pleasantly surprised the boys slept in until about 7am! We hadn’t quite made up our minds on what exactly we were going to do, just that we would do some family riding with multiple stops, during which Tim would go back, get the car, and play catch-up; it was our version of leapfrog.
We quickly packed up while Tim entertained the boys by making smiley faces out of jelly on pieces of toast. We were out the door and on the hunt for… diapers. When you are down to 3 diapers with no set destination, finding diapers on the font-end of the trip is a must! The first two stops we were met with closed doors (in Korea 2 times a month larger stores are required to close in order to help the “little guy”). Unfortunately the “little guy” does not appear on Google maps. After 2 unsuccessful stops, Tim happened upon a local grocery store, got some overpriced diapers (you’re welcome “little guy”) and we were off on our adventure.
For simplicity sake, we will break this down into sections:
Section 1:
Gumi to random damn and playground stop; total 7 km. We stopped for lunch, let the kids play on a playground while Tim strapped on his running shoes and ran back to the car to catch it up to our current location. (The idea behind this is that he did not want to treck the 40km out, and then the boys and I wait a few hours while he biked back to the car to bring it to our destination…. Instead we opted for shorter wait times during the bike trip that allowed the boys to burn off some energy between each section/stretch.)
Section 2:
Random Damn to another random bridge; total 16 km. This time we found an unused construction area equipped with… rocks and dirt. A perfect place to let a boy explore! So we unbuckled and waited while Tim, biking this time, went back for the car. The boys enjoyed their time exploring; hesitantly at first, but by the end they were practically swimming in the rocks.
Section 3:
The final stretch. Tim found a good parking place about 10km ahead of our construction stop, so he biked back to us and guide us there. We hooked the trailer back up and pushed on. The boys were content enough but verging on the attitude of“I am so over this”. Thankful we pushed through a few hills and made it to our final stop for the day, in Daegu, with no problems. After a quick load up we were off again to…
Oh shoot, we are tired and hungry, and we don’t have a hotel booked or any idea of where to eat/stop; what else to do than to drive straight trough the city looking for somewhere to eat, or possibly a hotel. The boys were being goof-balls in the back-seat, I was in the front seat searching Trip Advisor and Google maps for something, anything…food, a hotel, a motel. The internet was no help, so we just kept our eyes peeled.
Just before we decided to go with plan B (drive through the night down to Busan) we saw the familiar flashing neon lights in the distance symbolizing love and good times. Our family is all about both of those things; probably not in the same context that hotel is advertising though!
The only room available to somewhat fit our family size, was a room with a queen bed and a twin bed. So, how do you sleep a family of 5 with only 2 beds?
The 3 kids on the twin of course!
The rest of the evening was rough. The boys were in rare, goofy form, pushing our patience to the limits. Fortunately, the boys rowdiness was not overshadowed by the people around us at this particular hotel [winky face].
If you haven't already, check out what we did on Day 1 and Day 2.