Woke after a very long sleep to a
blue sky and just 20C, the lake is still.
Last night while I was out sitting on the bench taking my sunset photos,
Sandra came and spoke to me. Their rig is the first one along the lake front and although it is a permanent, they have been coming here for 12 years, it's a nice new one. So Sandra says she is going to pick me up in the morning after her meeting and take
me into the little town of Littleton.
She said she would come find me so I didn’t really think it would
happen. But around 11am she comes over
and said she is ready to go in 5 minutes.
She was really knowledgeable about the town, it has some history of
haunted houses and they have ghost tours.
It used to be a stage coach stop back in the day and today it is an
enclave of little shops all trying to 'eek' out a living (I know it is spelt eke but after I typed it wrong thought 'eek' looks way cuter, like a mouse). Spent
some money at the local produce and home made store. They even had wine there, including NZ Oyster Bay, it's everywhere!
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| Pimento Cheese, Peperoni Marinara soft cheese and locally produced coffee |
I left Kim up the ladder fixing
the slide awning so that it doesn’t let water onto the slide in the rain - when
this happens, before we leave camp we need to jack up either the front or
back and let the water run off, if we don’t I get a deluge of water on my lap
as we drive off! We found a tent repair
kit at the Trading Post here in the camp so that was utilised to facilitate the
repairs! He was still safe when I got home.
Must be time for a swim by now so
down to the pool we wander. There are
only a handful of people there so we score a couple of loungers facing the sun
the best way to catch the rays and it is hot – the look water is warm. A big fat mama waddles in, sits in the corner
and immediately turns her crappy music up HIGH!
Of course you can imagine Kim is not impressed so after glaring at her
for some minutes, which she ignored, he politely asked her to turn it down,
which she was happy to do! He got the
thumbs up from a couple of others around the pool.
One couple was Candy and Buddy who are camped
across the road from us. They are nice,
offered to take our rubbish out to the dumpsters which are situated at the
entrance to the camp, a rather long walk.
They live just over an hour away and live full time in their 34 ft petrol driven motor home on their property,
where their son, his wife and three plus one on the way children rent their
house from them. People live in all sorts of different ways, don't they!
After a couple of hours in the
sun we stop off at the Trading Post again, the Salted Caramel Truffle icecream
has been calling me. Kim had the Dirty
Sneakers, chocolate with caramel swirls and some sort of candy as well, can’t
remember exactly, will check the ingredients when we go back today! It is Herschey’s brand icecream, some say it
is the best brand, but then they probably haven’t tasted Tip Top or Kapiti, which is my
all time favourite. Still I'm up for trying any brand who thinks it can complete!!
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