I read in a magazine last night about a couple who set off for a life on the road. They had lived on a farm, and the day they left in their van 8 years ago, they headed down the road from their farm, parked and opened the champagne before spinning a coin to see if they turned left or right! That thought sounds very appealing but with only 4 weeks for our holiday, unfortunately not something we can do this time.
We spent yesterday packing crates to go in the back of the ute and sorting things out in the van to make access of everything easier. We will see how it all goes and make any changes we need to. Taking the last things out to the car this morning, I decided to come back and set the alarm and lock the house as my hands were full. Needless to say, I got sidetracked. We headed off and I didn't even look at the house, which I normally do, as our neighbours Don and Audrey were out the front with their son, Greg. We waved as we went by and headed off.
Halfway down the Logan Motorway Bruce asked me if I had locked the house. Oops! Back home we went. The screen door and front door were wide open, just as I had left it. I also conveniently left the keys in the front door for anyone passing by who might have wanted to have a look through. Luckily everything was okay, but I won't do that again.
We stopped for morning tea at Bruce's brother's place. Mike and Mandy live at Eltham, near Lismore. We arrived in time for morning tea and caught up with the news of the week and how he was going. It was a busy morning for them. While we were there the gas man came and a friend of Josh's, Simo (Luke), called in to see Mike.
It started raining after we left Casino and we went through showers between there and our destination of Tenterfield. One advantage of the rain is that the temperatures are a bit warmer. Earlier in the week it was -5 deg. Tonight it is going to be +5 deg. We had booked into Tenterfield Lodge, a grassy, quiet caravan park about 1 km from town.
This is our third trip away in the van and each time it has rained. Hopefully it won't rain for the whole 4 weeks.
Distance travelled 380 kms.
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