Ten days ago, we left home: 2 cars, 5 people, and an empty trailer.
Adelaide was calling to us. Well, my younger brother's wedding was, but hey. I'm not arguing with why we went! The two cars? My other half had to come straight home the next day for work, and all of us won't fit without bitching in my car. The trailer? My dad and his wife are selling the home their kids grew up in and getting rid of everything that won't fit in their two units... I am now the proud owner/keeper/onseller/? of an entire enclosed trailer of stuff. Let me know if you're after lace curtains, because I have them coming out of my ears! No, seriously, I still haven't finished unpacking and airing the lace... While the trailer of stuff went home with the other half, the kids and I went north. The Barossa Valley for a night to visit family -- and stayed in a very neat and comfy motel in Nuriootpa. Followed by two days in the Riverland and a great stay at the Cobdogla Station Caravan Park. If you're ever up that way for holidays, I recommend it. Even with the levee bank still there after the floods earlier this year, it's well worth the visit. And the serenity... it was bliss (we were there when there were bugger-all other people around and it was the quietest I've ever heard in the night) Despite my eldest having a bitch about not being able to go home with Dad, she actually settled in and enjoyed it--especially after a trip to the toy shop in Loxton that happened to have some retired toys she'd been wanting for years. That put a smile on her face! Me? I got the unicorn power bank to charge my phone with. My 14-year-old telling me I didn't need it? That made me smile. On Wednesday, we decided that instead of the shortest road home, we'd go via Mildura. Why? To cross the river into NSW, take a photo of the sign on the way across the bridge, get out, jump around in another state, and get back in the car to go back! The aim? To have visited three states in one day (realistically, within an hour) and take photos of all the signs. I just shrugged at the extra few hours that and all the stops put on our journey. Until the last hour. That road is bloody awful. After eleven hours in one day, and the end of a 1600km journey from leaving home to pulling back into the driveway, we were done. Next trip: Fiction & Friction Indie Bookseller signing on the 30th September. Guess where? Yep, ADELAIDE! (Photos coming when I get the chance!)
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AuthorAria Peyton is a mum of three, non-wife to one, pet-mum to many. Zany, crazy but never quite fitting in, she loves to write about all kinds of things! And her characters get up to naughtiness behind closed doors... and other times not so private! Archives
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