Full Circle

Considering what’s been happening in my life this past two weeks, it’s ironic that my last post was about change.

 

On Saturday, August 24, we drove from Broken Hill NSW to Quorn SA. The next day we performed three times at the Quorn Show. Monday we stayed in Quorn to relax. Tuesday, August 27, we drove almost to Adelaide to look at a bus, but arrived too late in the day to test drive it. So on Wednesday morning (the 28th) we drove half an hour from our camp back to see the bus, test drove it, and promptly decided we wouldn’t buy it because of all its issues, which were unnoticeable when it was parked. Thursday (29) we checked out another bus, but it was unregistered at the time so we weren’t able to test drive it until the next day. We put on a deposit on this one and headed back to camp, arriving at 9:30pm, only to find the tent destroyed by the wind. We spent the night in the van, and the next morning picked up the bus and drove it home. On Saturday we went back into town to buy some stuff for the bus. Today is Sunday, September 1, Father’s Day, and we are now the exhausted owners of a 38ft 1987 Leyland Tiger.

We’re starting from scratch again, with camp stretchers and air beds and a foldable table our only furniture so far. Today we’ve fixed the lock on the front door, but mostly just sat around doing nothing apart from exercising the dogs and watching movies. We have vinyl tiles for the floor but haven’t started to put them it yet. We’re all really tired but happy to have a bus again!