The trip to Sydney is 9 hours. He has over 3 hours there before he catches the overnight train to Melbourne, an 11 hour ride. There's only an hour wait before he gets on the train to Kerang, where Dom will meet him after the relatively short 4 hour ride and take him home. There he will gather up a few things we left behind and head back here in the car.
This was all his idea, so that we would have the car up here. Riding around in the truck, without the van on behind, is very uncomfortable, so we tend not to go anywhere. But I'm not too sure how comfortable 28 hours of train travel is going to be!!! Then he will have to reverse the performance to get both car and truck back home. I won't think about that until December!
He has fussed around making sure that I'll be OK while he's away and I've been given instructions that I'll never remember. He has made up my medication in its little boxes and put meals in the freezer. He made sure that I have the staples ---- chocolate and cigarettes! It will be easier for me to live here than to live at home alone ..... heating, lighting and people around if I need them.
LATER 9.15am
I rode down to Reception on the Gopher and saw Steve off with Neville. He had been willing to walk to the station but Lindy offered a lift. I was in my swim gear so I had a great swim. Lots of people there --- a very different group to the ones we usually see. First ever time on my own in the pools --- I managed beautifully!
Marion and Lindy insisted that I take mobile numbers in case of emergency!! They also invited me out for tea on Sunday night.
Here I am, trying to enjoy independence and everyone wants to take care of me!!!
Steve has 'texted' me from the train ----- HIS FIRST EVER!!! He hates phones.
Carissa has been up to entertain me for the morning. After a cuppa, she dried the dishes and offered to help me to tidy out cupboards. I could do with the help as the overhead cupboards are a bit high for me and Carissa is much taller than I am but I didn't have the energy. Pity to lose such a good oportunity!
It's a glorious day -- no wind, not a cloud in the sky, temp is 20C at noon.
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I have spent quite a bit of time today catching up on your entries. I do not know why I don't get the e-mail version as I do for some of the others. I'm just being a bear of very little brain, I guess. A couple of thoughts enter my mind.
ReplyDelete1. It seems like you are "home" now. Not just the excitement of the trip, but the excitement of your daily activities.
2. You describe your rig using so many different words that it sounds like you have a train that you are pulling. I wish you'd post some photos of it.
LLO
Thanks for the post Carole.
ReplyDeleteI guess it's a long time since I posted photos of the van. I'll look at what we have. The annexe is up now, so there's not much to be seen. I do have to get some more photos for insurance. Until now, it hasn't had insurance, so I'm looking forward to it. We had a cover note,for this trip and they also require an evaluation certificate, so I'm chasing that at present. Fortunately, I can do this online.
I don't get emails about blogs either. I know that I used to get them.
Yes, we are "home" now. I told everyone that they had to stop referring to our time here as a vacation. It's not. It's as much "home" as our southern home.
LLO