Bush walks and ticks

So I finally have something interesting to blog about! We’re now camping further around the lake, with access to an awesome bush track, which in three two hour walks we still haven’t seen all of. The only downside is that there are ticks in there – not the paralysis type, but we have to check the dogs over after every walk anyway. So far we haven’t found any on them, but this morning one was crawling on Mummy (on the back bed!!) and I flicked one off my arm when we were in the bush this morning. Icky little things, I reckon!

The dogs are loving the good runs, and I think everyone is enjoying the new space. Jessica went fishing yesterday with a pipi thing she found by the water, but she didn’t catch any fish. The younger guys spent a bit of time playing with the basketball yesterday, and today Chantel helped them build a sandcastle.

Most of them are now going for a swim. We’ll probably take the dogs for one last explore of the bush tonight before heading off to buy some milk for tomorrow morning’s coffees.

 

You remember I said we were still fighting a cold? Well, most of us are over it, but something else seems to be going around now – Chana has spent all day in bed with a sore ear, sore throat, and slight high temperature. Chantel also had a sore ear last week, but it wasn’t as bad. Hopefully it doesn’t go around us all, because it seems pretty nasty!