Where did those first 3 months of 2025 go? It seems I blinked and missed them. Does anyone else feel like that?

The other day my daughter sent me a reel via Messenger. It totally resonated with me. It was a video of a fluffy Panda sitting on a beam and he just sort of slumps down until he is hanging over the beam, arms and legs on either side. It was accompanied by the text:
“Me pretending I am alright, when deep down I need another trip”

Exactly! I thought. That’s what I need. So with that in mind we set off with no real destination in mind but just to get away. I felt lighter the minute we drove out our driveway.

So what have we been doing that has made the months fly by?

We saw in the New Year at our place in the Snowy Mountains then set off in the motorhome with two of our grandsons to our annual family water ski holiday at Reflections Holiday Parks – Grabine Lakeside. We spend 9 days there every year with Richard’s family. I think the count this year was 72 people. It’s a fabulous week camped in our little home on wheels. Two of our granddaughters traveled home with us.

While there our roof air conditioner started making a strange rattle and we added that to the list of things that needed looking at once home. We were still having trouble with our water tanks. We just couldn’t seem to get both tanks full of water and the water pressure from the taps was pretty terrible. Another thing to get looked at!

Some of you may be aware we have our own little Airbnb business at home called Jen’s Garden Pods. We have two tiny houses in our large farm garden. We have been super busy this year with bookings. It seems as soon as one person checks out another is checking in!

We are also quite involved with our 7 grandchildren and enjoy being an active part of their busy lives. We’ve been to school assemblies, swimming carnivals, cross country, Catholic Education Week, and minded three whilst their parents were attending conferences. Busy busy but what a joy they all are in our lives AND there’s one more on the way!

We’ve had the motorhome water tanks fixed and now they fill quite quickly and the water pressure out of the taps is significantly better. Other little maintenance jobs were also done such as reglueing the brackets for our folding clothesline, installing a new lock on one of the outside bins and replacing a running light globe. The rattling old air conditioner needed so many parts to fix we decided to replace it. Wow these new inverter AC’s are so much quieter!

I spent a day inside the motorhome with a screwdriver tightening up all the screws and even found some that were missing. Who knows where they went! All door handles and catches and any other screws I could find have all been tightened.

So the motorhome was ready to go we just had to pack some food, clothes and get going. We had a short window of a few days with no guests booked in so off we went heading south towards the Murray River.

We camped the first night on the Yanco Creek in a rest area off the highway. It was a good overnight spot if you can put up with the noise of the trucks flying by. We do love a water view.

We had a bit of a drive around Jerilderee and spied the gorgeous old Railway Station

By the time we arrived in Finley it was time for morning tea and we just had to stop at the Finley Bakery for a coffee and their famous award winning Vanilla Slice. Delicious!

We travelled on to Tocumwal on the NSW/Victoria border and headed to Town Beach to camp for the night.