Xmas holiday 2016/2017

Lake St Clair

We left on the 21st of December 2016, a few days before Xmas, How nice it was to have no one really around and we had the lake to our selves. We even had a fire at night. It was so peaceful.

Xmas was busy at the lake, people everywhere by that stage. We were lucky to get there early and get a nice spot by the water where we looked out onto the water and mountains. It was great to be able to just slide the boards and kayaks into the water from the front of van.

We did meet a lot of lovely people, some nicer than others. It was

great for Miss Em. Some people offered her a go on their air seat being towed by a boat. She made lots of day friends she would call them as they only turned up for each day.

The weather was great; a little tropical though, freaking hot then storms in the afternoon. Some days windy just before dinner time.

What a great start to our caravan'in life.

It was our first real holiday in our very new Van and we did handle it well, There were challenges and concerns but by pack up day we had it all covered and ready to try it again.

We were away for Xmas. Emily was pleased even Santa did find her so that made her day. I think she had doubts after her Elf couldn't find us. Santa scored loads of points this year he managed to find some old PlayStation 2 games which she was so chuffed with (as that is what we have allowed her to take in van for wet weather days),

She is such a great kid. She made a few little friends around the lake but is just as happy floating around with her dad in the water.. Week one is almost over now bring on week two...

Week two was so hot we visited the town a few days just to get out of the heat. My puppies were suffering just as much as I was so the trip into Singleton in the air-conditioning was a fantastic idea. 

We got to use that thing called a phone and send all our Xmas and New years messages out to family and friends. We also found a great little cafe by the shopping center. They were even dogie friendly and gave my puppies a big bowl of water.

We spent the morning snooping around and getting some more supplies then headed back to our van by the lake. 

A lot of photos were taken and video on the go pro hero 5 (my new Xmas present ) my hubby is awesome. Had to say that he bought it cause I wanted one but he was behind it more than I was....It is a great little device. The photo's came out fantastic and the video stabilization is the best specially when I use it...

So with sadness in our heats we have left Lake St Clair but are a little exited to be home for a few days before heading away for STAGE TWO of our great adventure....coming soon....