New Year

Jan. 1

The first morning of 2010 was cool and overcast. John got up and had a breakfast of cereal and tea. Janice was feeling slightly better as a result of the painkillers but still looked to be in great pain when bending over. She still had a lot t get organized from her previous move to the house so John said he would be happy to help.

Some boxes had been stored outside and had gotten very wet in the rain of the nigth before. Some other boxes had fallen on Stewart's car in the garage. The three helped to pack boxes in Janice's car and they went over to a self storage place, called appropriately Fort Knox, and put those boxes in a big storage locker that has a lot of Janice's other furniture.

Janice prepared a roast lamb dinner for her friend Lynn who came over to say hello. John had met Lynn when he had been to Australia ten years before. All four sat down to dinner. We had the lamb, sweet potatoes, regular roast potatoes and peas. There was ice cream with chcolate syrp for dessert.

John and Janice prepared an itinerary for the trip using Google maps. John decided NOT to go to Kangaroo Island because of the cost of the ferry. It would have cost $303 return in addition to accommodation and meals and that was simply too much. Instead we will go over to the Flinders Ranges National Park north of Adelaide. The same wildlife can be seen there as Kangaroos Island and it is almost outback, so John will see one of the things on his bucket list. The distances are great so most of the time will be spent driving.

John hopes to be able to upload this and other posts from McDonalds along the road.

TRB