Wet Wet Wet

Yesterday was a very long day. Yet somehow everything turned out.

We got up early and had to pack everything up in the rain and drive to Caboolture and drop The Princess of to have her leaky bits attended to.

Then we went to Kawana Waters to address all the solar/power issues in Silver, which is not just our car but Micks Penthouse, man cave with beer fridge, darts playground, and general storage unit.

Had TJM install a duel battery system but the system they went with cannot handle what we need. So of we go to KickArse store where we were quoted 1700 without install, and afterwards we realise that wasnt with everything we ended up needing and with us leaving still confused of what we needed to do.

We then went around the corner to Kings. Thank goodness we did. We had the most geniunely helpful salesman go step by step with us through everything. And we came away only $900 out of pocket and understanding what we needed to do to fix the system we had spent thousands on. Mick will go to a mates on Friday and set it all up with his help. This salesman ended up being a traveller with his wife and they have been stuck with getting a refund on their car as it broke down 20 times going across SA and have been fighting this battle for 7 months. He got confirmation of their agreement to a pay out just before we arrived at store. He was a wealth of good solid information and went the extra mile to make sure Mick knew what to do as well as myself.

We then did some groceries which is obviously very different from shopping at home. No extra pantry things, buying exactly what is needed. Even then I could have bought less. I feel this will not take long to get my head around.

We then got on the highway to go pick up the caravan AND TRAFFIC STOPPED for kilometres. Rang the workshop. They said they would come meet us and unlock the gate when we got there. An hour after finally getting there at 4.45 we drive of at 6pm and head back to Boreen Point in the rain.

Another miracle then happens. Its dark and very difficult to back van in lined up with slab. The new neighbour helped Mick. It stopped raining enough to do this and set up van and the penthouse. Then we cooked some sausages for dinner and Mick, who is an avid NSW supporter, watched his team win the State of Origin first game. Poor Mick had to try and keep his excitement to a minimum as the people that helped us had gone to bed in their van only a few metres from us.

LESSON.... trust everything is working out. Count my blessings constantly.

We have had extremely heavy rain all night last night. Even some thunder. Yet we both were dry and snug in our cocoons.

The weather is gradually clearing. The window appears to be dry. And the sun will be out over the next few days here.

We have had the rain test... tick that of... we understand what we need and how to manage this on a powered site with a cement slab.

Im sure we will have a rain test somewhere unpowered and on dirt. But thats for another day.

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