OK, I know you are all dying to hear what else we got up to while camping.
OK, so I am going to tell you anyway !!!
Friday afternoon (I think) it was starting to get a bit overcast - thanks to Cyclone Hamish who we didn't even know existed at that time. We just knew it looked like the fire was going to go out.
The boys came up with a plan (although I think DH would have prefered it if we had been using one of Uncle J's tarps but lo and behold, they didn't have any suitable so Uncle J's idea had to be carried out using our tarp. Anybody who knows Uncle J knows that this is a dangerous situation).
This was their plan !!!
Interestingly, it actually worked (although DH swears his tarp is a foot shorter each side). Since there was very little wind, when it rained, the rain just came straight down & the fire hardly got wet. There were still hot coals in the morning.
You might also notice the 2 door "ensuite" (which when camping means a tent to shower/get changed in) in the background & the hoses running towards the fire.
DH spoke to some fella's at work about his upcoming camping trip & someone told him about this idea they had tried in order to have hot showers. They ran a hose from a large tub of water to the fire, connected it to a spiralled copper pipe that sat in the fire which was connected to another hose running back to the tub of water & a small pump keeping the water moving between the tub & the fire. The water got to a lovely temperature & stayed there because the fire was heating at the same time the rest of the bucket was cooling. The pump also worked to move the water from the tub into the shower head & could do this at the same time as moving it through the fire.
Seeing as DH's works with pump's and at one time his job description was "Pump Technician" I knew he would make it work, but even I was impressed at how nice the shower was. Much better than the usual camping shower.
Anyway, enough about roughing it (yes, we do it tough !!!) here are some that reflect why we enjoy camping.
A butterfly that liked the colour blue. Little Bear & I were the only one's wearing a lot of blue & it kept landing on us, much to Little Bear's absolute delight. Notice my beautifully pedicured tonails (pity about the old woman's feet they are attached to). Those were a birthday gift from my SIL - Aunty J. Her birthday was also this month & she will also get a present .... eventually!
This is a Lace Monitor. I think he is the same one we see every time we come to this place. He is just nosy enough to come up close, but not nosy enough that I worry about him hurting the kids (or us for that matter).
Little Bear 'helping'. (Yes that is a patch of dirt, but how dare it mess up that beautiful green grassy landscape. Unfortunately it was a bit stubborn & she never got rid of it, but not for lack of trying).
Here is why we don't get too many photo's of Cheetah lately. He's usually doing something like this ...
(BTW - Before Grannysaurus & Mummy McT have a fit that I have allowed my son to have a can of coke, that is my can not his ! and to clarify, Grannysaurus & M.McT just know how anal I am about my son not drinking coke or other caffeinated beverages)
Well you can't expect us to give up all life's little pleasures when camping, - can you?
Little Bear when asked "what have you got" showed us. It's a mouthful of M&M's
Mmmmm - Chocolate !!!
