It’s been a slow trip home from Hastings, as we stopped off last night at Carterton after battling rain and strong winds. The weather cleared overnight, and we woke to blue skies, sunshine, and the sound of birds singing in the trees. Sunny day camping – it always seemed like this in our childhood, didn’t it? Robin busied himself filling up the water tank as we always travel with a full tank. It keeps the caravan more stable, he says.
The water is all done
Muffy meanwhile was very keen to get under the seats where the power cords go. Any open cupboard is fair game to her, it doesn’t matter how many times she has explored it before.
This looks interesting
After saying our goodbyes to camp managers Pete and Di we headed off on the final leg of our journey. This took us through the small towns of Carterton, Greytown and Featherston, then up and over the Rimutaka Hill road. The recent rain had brought down several small slips on the side of the road, and a road inspection crew was out and about making sure the road was safe. The hill road has lots of sharp corners and Muffy seems to find this part of the trip uncomfortable. She always travels over the hill with her head hanging over the side of the seat, or as today, hanging her head down over my legs.
She doesn’t like the hill road
All the road work on Muldoon’s Corner is now finished on the hill. It was a massive job, and took quite some time to complete.
Road works completed
We made it home in good time, backed the caravan beside the house and started the job of unpacking. Muffy was pleased to be free of her harness and lead and lost no time in checking out the garden and under the back deck to make sure no strangers had been around. Now, when are we going away again? We’ll check the calendar but I’m sure it’s not too far away.
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