Spring is here and we have now been living on the road for almost ten months and are still loving it despite a few expensive hiccoughs which have necessitated Warren taking a short term contract at a local secondary school. Its amazing how synchronicity works - the job just fell into his lap and was perfect. We have just had school holidays, a great opportunity to go and catch up with family.
We having been spending a fair bit of time at Uretiti DOC camp which is peaceful and so beautiful with its long white beach at low tide.
The tourists from America and Europe are starting to arrive here, often with camper cars, vans and some with pup tents. One young lady from the US, a brave solo traveler, came to our door in search of hot water for her noodles. She had no gas bottle for her camp cooker as it had been taken from her at customs. I don't know where she thought she would get one, certainly not here, but fortunately for her Warren had a spare which he swapped in return for a lovely massage. We had just enough space with my yoga mat. He loved it but just look at that cheeky hole in his sock!
The next couple of weeks is going to involve a lot of sanding and painting to restore the exterior of
this old girl to some degree of her original beauty. Storage is an on going issue in motorhomes and we have been thinking about how we can improve ours. I had been eyeing up the space taken by a rather ancient micro-wave which we never use. Yesterday Warren removed it - just a few screws and hey presto a wonderful space was created above the stove. Now we have to figure out the best use of it. We will line and paint it and make dividers boxes for the perspex wine glasses and hooks to hang some coffee cups which will free up some other space. I think it will also take the fry pan and the coffee and tea pots. That will really help.
We don't have bedside tables in the bedroom but a bit of innovation by way of a nicely shaped piece of wood has solved that problem.
