Slow and relaxed sums up the last few days. I was wondering why it felt like that when often it is a flurry of activity – I think Colin being sidelined from the water makes all the difference. There is not the usual hurry each day to get to the beach to make the most of the mornings, or the wind direction, or the swell etc… His usual busyness in Melbourne is often replaced by the busyness of surfing. It often takes him a couple of weeks to be able to sit still for a bit. Much as he might be chaffing at the bit to get out there, I am quite enjoying the change of pace.
We collected the kids from Coffs yesterday and within a short time the van was overflowing with bodies, phones, chargers, bags, books etc…. Outside towels seem to have multiplied, clothes randomly appearing in the most unlikely places (wherever they have been tossed off) and a mountain of thongs as an obstacle course to the caravan door– it all adds up to mess and chaos, but of the good kind, because it means we are all together.
We celebrated last night by putting on some crappy Christmas music and doing our best to make our van the most trashy in sight. Zac, being the newly graduated electrical engineer got the job of setting up the four light-up Santas at the front of the van. The girls did the Christmas tree proud with wonderful purple decorations along with some other random Christmas bling and a singing Santa.
Today the threatening showers of the last few days have arrived. It is grey and overcast, wet from the rain last night. The kids are asleep in the tent and will probably stay that way til lunch time or the smell of Colin cooking breakfast tempts them out, but not before ten I’m sure. (that will be an early start for them, midday is the usual time of waking up)
The surf conditions are poor today so we might take the opportunity to explore the coast a bit, checking out local beaches and finding the best spot so when the conditions are good, we’ll know exactly where we want to be. Colin, Zac and Johanna got their boards out yesterday and did some paddling practice on the lagoon here at the Caravan Park. There are also some nice walks around so perhaps we might even be able to venture somewhere other than a beach!
The surf conditions are poor today so we might take the opportunity to explore the coast a bit, checking out local beaches and finding the best spot so when the conditions are good, we’ll know exactly where we want to be. Colin, Zac and Johanna got their boards out yesterday and did some paddling practice on the lagoon here at the Caravan Park. There are also some nice walks around so perhaps we might even be able to venture somewhere other than a beach!