We have had such a productive day in the wilderness, setting up camp and sorting out what goes where. There's no running water in the camp as the bore is dry, but we drove out to another bore to fill a water tank. 'Fill up' we didn't, as the trailer wouldn't have been able to take the full weight of the water tank, but we've got enough for now, and we can always drive back for a re-fill...
Another win: my husband connected a water pump - found amongst all the rubbish - from the water tank to our bus and the washing machine, so I DIDN'T HAVE TO HAND WASH ALL OUR DIRTY LAUNDRY! I started it though, washing the all important socks and jocks first, until he stopped me, and promised the washing machine would be going soon. And so it did, in the middle of nowhere, spinning around as it should, and I thought this was half a miracle. A miracle with some help from my husband, water pump and a genny (I'd like to call her the genie from now on...). Life is good, we've got the best of both worlds. We are living in the solitude of our own bush camp with everything we need. It is these little things in life that we have grown to appreciate: water, clean air, well functioning laundry service... You get the drift. Nothing in life should be taken for granted!
- M -
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| He came for a little drive... |
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| ...to gain a BIG bone. |
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| I started off by doing a little handwashing... |
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| ...and all of a sudden it had escalated into a full blown operation to get the washing machine going. Starting from filling the water tank, of course... |
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| ...to connecting the water pump... |
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| ...having running water... |
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| ...and a running washing machine. |
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| Soon there were clothes lines everywhere! Thank you technology, thank you my clever husband. |
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