An early start from the Sunshine Coast - left Norm and
Wendy's at 6.45. Into Brisbane for our flight at 10.30. Good old QANTAS was on
time and we were soon on our way.
Deeply disappointed at not having business
class, we shoehorned ourselves into our economy seats. About 3 seconds after
the fasten seatbelt sign went off, the guy in front of Ros reclined his seat on
to her kneecaps and left it there for the entire 12.5 hour flight... We arrived
in LAX at 6.30am California time, and headed over to domestic for our connecting
flight through to Seattle. We were lucky enough that when we checked in, there
was an earlier flight about to leave and we were able to switch our tickets to
that one.
The flight from LAX to SeaTac (Seattle / Tacoma) was just
lovely. We could see the snow capped mountains and lakes from the air - very
pretty. There was an inflight shopping catalogue, and it had a diamond
encrusted iPhone for $46,000.
Arriving at SeaTac, we caught a shuttle bus down to Kent to
pick up the RV. The poor old bus was a bit sad. The tarp over her had shredded
into bits and was hanging off. Some time between Mick and Matilda leaving her
in November and us arriving, she had gained a big crack in the windscreen. All
good though, the insurance company came to the party and have arranged someone
to replace the windscreen on Monday. Seeing the RV again was like seeing an old
mate. Once we got the remains of the tarp off and got her started up, it was
like we hadn't been away.
Mick had lost his mobile phone in the RV, but Ros fell over
it within 2 minutes of getting into the van, so we reckon he had a " man
look" for it...
We have some travel mascots with us this trip - Taz the
Tassie Devil, Waz the wombat and Ellie the emu. Watch out for them appearing in
photos.
We drove the 20 or so miles, via a grocery store for
supplies, to the Dash Point State Park, which will be our camp for the next few
days until we get the new windscreen. It is simply beautiful here. The forest
is lush and green, with towering conifers and deciduous trees growing together,
and an understorey much like the Tas temperate rainforest. It was peaceful
until all the campers arrived after work. Lots of LARGE fifth wheeler trailers
and buses that dwarf us, and quite a few teenage bogan tenters. The lady on the
gate told us though that they show up for Friday and Saturday nights and go
home Sunday. So at least Sunday and Monday should be quiet again.
We cooked on the baby Webber, cleaned up, went for a stroll
around the park, and now fortified with Tennessee Honey and about 40 hours
without sleep, we are calling it a VERY early night.
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