Leaving the 'burbs'...
Well.......our last few weeks in our house were not a lot of fun! We cleaned, scrubbed & cleared 24/7! It was exhausting and seemingly endless. But finally, when that last floor was swept and mopped...and we pushed in the lock and closed the door behind us, we breathed a massive sigh of relief! We were glad to be seeing the back of our lil rental home - but did not forget that in this house our first baby was brought home.
Hitting the road....
The next challenge was pulling this 1 tonne plus caravan 2 hours with an old car! It was a little hairy, i must admit although we kept brave faces. We pulled over at Lower Light to adjust towing mirrows, and have a small break...and got chatting to a lovely truckie that pulled in (himself an avid caravaner) we started to really feel a part of a special club. We pulled our home into Pt Broughton with no trouble (apart from the occaisional wobble) and were directed to our site. John was a lil nervy backing her into our site, but all was okay (apart from a few 'choice' words). We settled in and set up our 'camp'.
Settling in...
Sounds quite lovely doesn't it? Well it really wasn't at first!!! Lack of sleep plagued us the first few nights!! Johns snoring and Adam getting sick. Adam also was continually trying to run off from our camp, dog barking at everything that moved. I was amlost ready to throw it all in and get a house!! But each morning brought fresh energy and within days we were really finding our feet and finding ways to make things more relaxed and homely! Cooking meals and watching TV felt awesome. Adam has been kept so busy with walks and runs on the beach that he is literally begging me to put him to bed :-) and we are all getting used to sleeping in the same small space.
Becoming normal......
We already have made friends (none of them are under 50) and its been fantastic! John even managed to catch our dinner for tonight (blue crab) with pasta.....(which Adam adored!) We watch people come and go in our caravan park, we walk everyday, play on the beach eat lots and have a few beers. Adam thinks this is all great and cannot stop talking. I'm sure there is a tonne of challenges ahead, but this isn't a bad start!
