Sauturday 17 January 2004
Where did the wining and dining go????. Last night there was a small hiccup
when 'one of us' dropped and broke an empty wine glass that had previously
had white wine in it!
Last night also ended with a little babysitting for a young mother visiting
her brother in the caravan park. While we were sitting outside the caravan,
two little girls were playing, running down a slope toward our caravan.
The game went on until they actually ran down into our caravan, then they
saw the computer screen saver showing images so they sat down for a longer
look. Then they discovered the 'Upwords' game we had spread out on the
table so they played a game or two of that (Their own version). Their names
were Hollee (3 1/2 yrs) and Ebony (5 1/2 yrs). Their mother checked on
them
regularly
but was happy to have them looked after - I don't recall offering but they
were rather cute and exceptionally well behaved. In the end we had to send
them back to their mother so we could go to bed - us oldies need our sleep.
Today, after a little shopping at Coles, we went into Adelaide by train
with the idea of having a look aroung and maybe going to a movie. The second
part was achieved first, but after viewing 'Cheaper by the Dozen' (Light
hearted comedy worth viewing) 'one of us' had to do a bit of shopping in
Harris Scaff and after that it was a bit late to do the wining and dining
bit, so we returned to Gawler.
Adelaide is a city like many others I guess, and we can't make to many
comments about it at this time because we didn't really see much other
than the shops and the city mall, however we did enjoy the day trip into
Adelaide.
The one thing that I did notice, in fact couldn't help noticing
was the amount of graffiti vandalism along the rail tracks. Anything
that could be tagged has been tagged and the vandals may think it is clever
or attractive, but we think it is such a pity that the first trip into
Adelaide was through so much ugly and damaging vandalism.
After returning to Gawler 'one of us' was extremely ravenous and it was
time to heat up the finger food, open the bottles that were given to us
by Travis & Lana and commence the wining and dining that was supposed to
start at lunchtime.
Tomorrow may bring a rest day, after which the Barossa
Valley is on the agenda because we just discovered that Gawler is on the
edge of the Barossa
Valley. |