When I finally did decide to drag my lazy bones out of bed I was enticed into the kitchen to cook half a pig of bacon and scrambled eggs for breakfast. So I was rested and full, and the kids had already resigned themselves to spending the whole day in front of the television in their pyjamas. That left Lisa and myself free to take care of other important things.
We started on the caravan cleaning, and emptied all of the food cupboards. There has been a perpetual ant problem for this trip, so we are trying hard to eliminate food sources for them. We were able to scrub from the ceiling down to the bottom of the cupboards detailing the things we need to repair as we went along.
Just before 11am, Lisa dropped the bombshell she had been saving up all morning. There was a puppy for sale around the corner and she just wanted to "Have a look" with her purse obviously. An hour later, and we have bought a dog. Now I know what all the bribes have been about during the trip.Off to the pet shop we had to go to get leads and food, and bowls and toys...and so on and so forth.
When we got back to Grandad's house, we found not a peep happening inside which meant grandad was victim to nanna nap syndrome. The kids all decided to have a sit in the spa, and Lisa read a book whilst Gloria got a third look at daylight for the trip.It has been one of the few disappointments for the trip that I haven't been able to play as much music as I had hoped, but the disappointment is far offset by the rest of the experiences that we have had.
All of my friends with instruments better be prepared for some hearty jamming, cos I'm feeling a bit music deprived. I think there may have to be a bit of a getting home do over the next week, in preparation for the big party in October.
Any takers? I'm cooking the barbeque.
Grandad emerged from snoozing mid afternoon, and came to join us on the back porch. He had told the kids that he was interested in reading their journals today, so they rushed to the caravan and came back with all 7 volumes for him to read.I think he will still be going on them next week.
Here is the first shameless attempt for Grandad to be in the blog. I guess as one of our most avid followers, he has earned the privilege.
As the evening set in, I did a bit of didge playing and we lit up the barbeque for some serious meat preparation. The kids had returned to the television to watch Scooby Doo, so the serenity was marvellous.The bourbon had just started to flow, and we had a fantastic time with throwing around stories of our trip, and things that Dad had done and seen in his younger years travelling around Australia.
Dinner at Grandad's is always a feast, and there is never a hungry belly leaving the table. Nanny Annie makes her shameless blog debut here, and it truly feels like we are home already.After dinner I retired to the men's lounge to watch the Eagles vs Collingwood game from last week which we won convincingly again on the replay.
Looking forward to the next couple of relaxation days here in Albany before we pick up our puppy "Roadie" for the trip home.
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