Getting use to life on the road.

I’m not going to lie, it has been a hard week getting use to this basic lifestyle. We have been camping for a week before, so we thought we knew it all. It would be fairly easy with a few hiccups but this has been harder than I expected.
The dirt – OMG the dirt. You have a wash and you are dirty again, instantly. That clean feeling has gone. After 9 days of it, I think I’m finally getting use to the dirty feeling and smell. Don’t get me wrong, we are washing everyday and doing a wipe wash in between our washes. But you still feel dirty.
Power – unlimited supply of power has gone. We have to watch what we are using or else there is no watching a movie of a night time. So devices only get charged when sun is out or we are driving. Our battery runs our waeco which is our freezer, so we have to watch our consumption so at night there is enough power saved so it can run all night.
Running water – Oh to turn a tap on and have an endless supply of water. Not having to pump it out of the tank or pour it from a jerrycar. Not having to count the litres we have or how many we have used. To turn on tap to have hot water not have to set up the gas and water, and move the portaloo out of the ensuite tent just to have a wet, lather, rinse type of shower. And again watching the amount of water used so there is enough for all of us to showers.
TV – what is tv? Tonight is our first night with tv reception. I think we will all huddle round and watch “The News & The block” tonight. We are ever so grateful to our friends that downloaded movies on to our hard drive.
Hospital – who would have thought that you would take that for granted. 40 min drive in only to be to told there is a fee $270. Wasn’t going to take the risk though.
Bridges – to drive over a bridge whenever you want (so long as it’s not summertime in Echuca). Instead we wait for ferries to drop off then come to pick us up to take as across the river. Although the novelty hasn’t worn off yet.
Cooking outside – the wind has been blowing every night so then everything is taking longer.
Washing – hand washing just isn’t cutting it. Can’t get of the red dirt out of our clothes.

Oh but the positives still out way all of these things. And they are fun to laugh at and remember what it was like living in a house.
Look at my view for the next 2 nights doesn’t get better than this.

Then we’ll move on to another great view.
The time with our boys has been a bonus, they learning things we have taught them but we are all having fun together every day. And that’s the reason why we are doing this. To create lots of memories with our beautiful boys and that we are doing.

Love Courts xo