35 Today
Oops, I’m not supposed to tell you my age am I? LOL.
So, today is day 2 of our trip and also my birthday. When I told the kids I was getting a “big trip” for my birthday, Trailer Boy got all sooky and said he wanted a big trip for his birthday. LOL and oops all at the same time. I told him I’m sharing my big trip with everyone!
So, day one of our trip turned out to be a bit of a struggle. Everyone was tired and testy which made it harder.
In the first 200km, we stopped 4 times. 3 of those were at lunch time. We stopped for lunch in a parking bay (oh, how I love the convenience of the caravan and being able to stop anywhere). Everyone piled in the car (which involves moving a seat so that one can get into the very back of the car) and then suddenly, Lleyton decides he needs to go to the toilet. He’s the one in the back back at the moment so we had to pack up the seat and let him out. Fortunately, Trailer Boy went then too.
We drove about 5 minutes down the road only to discover one of the kids had left their car gear in the caravan. So we had to stop again.
It was at that point that I wondered if we were EVER going to make it to our destination. It was also at that point that Farmboy introduced a new “rule”. Anyone who needed to stop within half an hour of a stop would be fined 50c.
Funnily enough, when we headed off this morning and stopped for fuel, I ended up making 3 trips into the caravan for stuff the kids wanted. They were lucky we’d already had to make a stop or it might have been “bad luck”. Perhaps that is the key. Plan to stop for fuel just after we’ve headed off so we can get what’s been forgotten from out of the van. I think both boys (Lleyton and Trailer Boy) are brewing something. They both woke up this morning with sore throats and Lleyton was coughing during the night. Trailer Boy seems particularly tired. He slept in this morning even with all the moving around that was happening. Amazing for him!
So, back to my birthday.
Farmboy gave me a “caravan survival kit”. I took photo’s but I’m typing this as we drive along and I’m not sure if we’ll have time to upload them so I’ll just tell you about them.
COLLAPSIBLE BUCKET
We don’t have a bucket so this will come in handy and doesn’t take up much room. Most likely he’ll use it more than me (washing the car, fishing) but that’s okay.
KIT KAT
For when I need a break!
LIFESAVERS
For when I need saving (that would have been last night when I was tempted to head home again!!!)
PANADOL
Pretty self explanatory really.
EAR PLUGS
Could REALLY come in handy in the car!!!!
CARAMEL BUDS
To sweeten me up???? (yeah, I have been a little grumpy so far
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$20 NOTE
My “run away from home/caravan” fund. LOL.
Lleyton also gave me $5 of his own money. He’s done that before and is rather generous like that. I never want to take it but at the same time, don’t want to discourage his generosity. I think I’ll buy something with it that we can all share.
Farmboy cooked bacon and eggs on the bbq this morning for breakfast which was lovely.
We’re hoping to make it to Broken Hill today and will go out for dinner tonight as a family which will be lovely. Hopefully we make better time today so we can have a bit of a look around Broken Hill this afternoon. I guess we’ll see how we go. So far so good. We left about an hour earlier than yesterday and have made it further without needing to stop. The kids seem more settled in the car which is about what we expected. They seem to travel better once they’ve gotten used to sitting in the car.
Update: Made it to Broken Hill and have had a lovely afternoon. Went out for a lovely meal for dinner and now we’re spending a few minutes at the golden arches so I can post this.



