Yesterday it didn’t rain a lot, but it was really, really windy. Unpleasantly windy. We went into Jindabyne to do a bit of grocery shopping. Otherwise it was a day of sorting out our campsite and I wanted to update my Wispy Threads website with a heap of new hats, so I spent a while taking photos of hats which wasn’t easy with the wind and the rain. We went back into Jindabyne at around 7:30 pm to go to Carols by Candlelight. The kids had fun running around and rolling down the grassy hill, and both loved the fireworks. It was the first time Toby had ever seen fireworks too!
Today the weather was significantly better and we spent some time down at the river this morning. The water was freezing, but it didn’t stop the kids paddling in it and throwing stones for about an hour. This afternoon Nathan, Toby and I went to Bullocks Hut. The kids rode while I walked. It was fine getting there, the kids had a ball, but getting back was too difficult for Toby. He still often has day sleeps but I had hoped he’d be ok today without…but he wasn’t. He rode some of the way back, then he walked some and rode some, then he wanted me to carry the bike, and then he wanted to be carried as well. I did for a few minutes and by that time he was asleep, and it was impossible to carry a floppy nearly-3-year-old as well as his bike, so I texted Andrew (thankfully there was coverage, i had my phone and it wasn’t flat) to ask him to come and help us. I just sat on a log in the shade and waited for my hero to arrive. 🙂
Andrew and I shared the carrying of Toby back to the campsite. He didn’t stay asleep when we put him in the tent, but that didn’t matter as he’d already had a decent nap. A bit of food and a drink and he was ready to go at full speed again. Andrew took the kids back to the river while I cooked dinner and updated my blog. After dinner we tried to give them a bit of a wash in warm water, but the black bag we were trying for the first time to heat water using the sunlight had already cooled a bit and the air temperature had dropped as well. The boys shivered through their wash and then ran around a bit more, talked to people and rode their bikes for a bit more before falling asleep more quickly than normal when they went to bed. Once again I wasn’t too far behind them.
At the start of the walk to Bullocks Hut
Come on Mummy! We are waiting for you!
Nearly at the hut.
