First of all, thanks for all the comments! It's so fun knowing that everyone is keeping tabs on us!!
Let me catch you up on what we've been up to. We've been driving now for three days. We drive during the day because it's dangerous at night with all the kangaroos hopping around. They'll wreck your car way worse than a deer would and they are everywhere!! We had a face to face encounter two days ago with a kangeroo and her joey. I wandered off on a little trail by myself because I was bored while jess took pictures... I heard rustling in the bushes, looked over and was staring into the eyes of a kangeroo!! I kind of thought it might attack me but they don't teach us new englanders how to avoid kangeroo attacks so I just froze. It went right on eating and I'm still alive to tell the story. I think it liked me, probably because I have red hair.
Other crazy things...we got our van stuck in the sand. That was a fiasco! We were literally in the middle of nowhere, like hadn't even seen cars and our back tire was half sunk in sand. Dooby doo was almost doomed . So also, never had to deal with car stuck in sand. We are both good at being level headed in such situations so treated sand like snow. We dug out the tire the best we could, then I pushed, jess put something under the tire, and we rocked our way out. I've never been more proud (and relieved). Disaster averted! There's was another semi-unpleasant car issue today (we locked ourselves out) but the friendly Aussies came to the rescue. Please don't worry about us after these stories! We may get into messes but also get out of them pretty darn well!
So we've seen the pinnicles desert, camped most nights on the side of the road, seen wild dolphins, hiked along ocean cliffs, climbed down river gorges, and lots more!! Oh and saw a seahorse farm...did you know that seahorses are fish?? (Jess did, I learned something new).
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You two girls are blazing a trail! It sounds like your doing well with the normal road trip adventures. Get me a -Roo pic will ya, and if you find yourself in the sand again letting a lot of air out of the tires helps greatly. Then you just have to keep the speed down until you get the tires re-filled. After seeing dooby doo I don't think you have to worry about anyone laughing at your pics with the same clothes on all the time.....it definitely fits a hippie roots theme. A little about back here, today is the first day it hasn't rained since you two left and the wind gods are angry, a beautiful day indeed. The wind/kite surfers would be in heaven...make sure to watch some of them while your in Aussie land, they're amazing (Jessism).
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ReplyDeleteWOW! Great stories!! Yes, I'm sure you are very resourceful at getting our of any little jams.
Thank you so much for the Mother's Day card and gift. I loved them so much. You are both the very best! The lilac bouquet lasted plus M got me a fresh one and made me a pancake breakfast. You are doing exactly what I hope for all my children who have ALL proved to be travellers.
I love you lots,
from proud Mamasita
Hey Guys, You are resourceful, and then some!! Good for you; we'll put our money on you anytime and every time!! Just got home from church and had lunch (I was starving), also talked with Mom and then headed for your blog. Of course I knew, as I read, it would have a positive outcome!! Is this sort of a dry season there? Haven't heard a word about any rain. How much water are you able to carry with you in Dooby Doo? Are you going through a desert? I'm trying to come up with a mental picture of your surroundings and am pretty clueless! It's so great to hear from you; thanks for keeping us in the loop. All's well here. Until next time, we love you!! G & G
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