Returning South

We gave ourselves the night off cooking and driving and headed to the RSL club via the courtesy bus, maybe not the wisest move when you need to be up at 5.30 am to hit the road, but we survived. The laughter and jokes continued and later a few farewell gifts were shared; some lemon slice, a tin of WD40, and a bag of crunched up chips.  Earlier in the day Dave had come requesting a photo of Will acting as a gorilla, this was actually a lovely parting gift as it reflected how much time and thought Dave had given the on going camp joke.

The morning came around quickly due to the beers, late night and early alarm. I felt a little concerned  that we might slip off without a final farewell to our closer friends. I should have known better. By 6.15 am the crew were up and gathered round - a first for that time of day. Vina and Trevor had planned to head off earlier but had decided to wait for 'The Kids' so we could travel together, just in case anything went wrong for either one of us - my suspicion is they thought they'd keep an eye out for us in our old Nissan. After a final round of hugs, some tears and promises of catching up we headed off with much tooting of the horn, just to be sure Whiskers, who was missing from the gathering, didnt feel left out.  

An uneventful day saw us arrive at Coober Pedy late afternoon. Once again the temperature gauge was reading hot causing Will some angst and the wind had blown every way except as a helpful tail wind, so the two drivers deemed it a day. The passengers were ready to call it quits too. 

So, tomorrow we have one more farewell however, as Vina and I already have plans for their visit to Fish Creek in 2016 I'm hoping this farewell will be a little easier. Time will tell.