Things are moving along nicely :)

Bun and I spent last weekend in Sydney catching up with our brothers.  We stayed with Tim and Gail and Max on Friday and Saturday night then caught up with David and Natalie on Sunday.  Checked out the respective houses as they've both bought new houses and renovated in the last couple of years and we worked out that we hadn't been over to Sydney for 13 years!! It was way past time for that visit.  All in all, a relaxed weekend with family :)

Well I finished up at work yesterday, having holidays for the next 5 weeks. I will be going back for 2 weeks in August so that Ian and Narelle can have some time away then that will be IT!
We hope to pick up the tool/storage boxes for the truck on Tuesday and then spend the next couple of weeks getting the truck and van organised so that we can get away on our 'trial run'.  I borrowed a labelling dymo thingy from Kim at work and had a little play last night.



Loving how organised it looks :)

In the process of using the internet to get visas for the USA trip at the moment as that is getting closer. Callie is getting excited and I have to admit I'm looking forward to it too. Just under 11 weeks to go!

Bun finished picking oranges yesterday too so that's another thing off the list. We look like heading off from here during the second week in October so that is going to come around pretty quickly with everything else going on.  It's starting to feel like it's actually going to happen now as there was a long time with nothing to show for the planning going on in the background.

Cheers :)

Something to ride in and something to sleep in!

Unfortunately I think the dogs think they'll be coming too :)

A couple of big weeks!

We had a lovely family type celebration at the start of June for Callie's 21st.  She was happy to have family and a couple of close friends go out for tea and then they kicked on later at the Renmark Club. Of course, the big payoff comes when we head to USA in September, 12 weeks and counting!!

Finally the caravan is in Winkie! We picked it up on Saturday afternoon and spent a few hours with the dealer being shown how everything worked. The bed is made and a few things have been put into drawers but as someone said, it will take weeks probably to work out the best spot for everything :)
So now we have something to ride in and something to sleep in!

Bun has managed to get a crew of backpackers to pick the oranges, they started yesterday and so hopefully the crop will be all off by the end of next week.  That's also when I will take a break from work so we should get a chance to get away for at least a couple of weeks with the van to have a trial run.  We want to make sure that everything works with the truck and the van and also see how good our packing skills are!

We are heading to Sydney on Friday for a very quick visit with Bun's brother and my brother before getting back Sunday night.  Ben let us know that he will do a quick road trip and catch up with us at Tim's on Friday night.

Although we still have a few months before we leave, things are going to be busy so time will go quickly, after all it's already about 11 months since we first made the decision :)

Cheers