As our last big adventure in Australia we made a day trip to The Blue Mountains. From where we are staying it took approximately two hours to get there. However, as in Canada traffic and construction slowed us down and it was more like three hours.
Dan did a great job of driving there and I did my best to navigate, but realize this isn't a strength of mine. I'd like to blame it on the fact that without warning roads in Australia change names. You could be driving along and some how it seems that the slightest bend in a road, changes it's name. The difficult part is they don't mark this change, but expect you to somehow know this.
I've learned to use one of those map books, that big city folk use now and it's quite the skill to learn- I must say. So, we did end up in the Blue Mountains. We stopped at Wentworth Falls, which was quite nice. Surrounded by millions of trees in a valley and jagged red rock- it was beautiful. We went for a short walk to get closer to the falls. We had to go down into the valley- easy enough with Pearl on my front in the Bijorn, but a bit more challenging on the way up. With the extra weight, I had some empathy for people who are carrying it all the time, mountain climbing is probably not one of their hobbies.
Dan and Tyson took a longer hike, closer to the falls, which they quite enjoyed, but Tyson did mention, there seemed to be more steps than the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Hmm! Not sure what to think of that, could have been that he was climbing in his flip flops (or thongs as they call them here).
We stopped in Katoomba for lunch, before heading to The Three Sisters. Lucky, we didn't take too long for lunch as we just saw The Three Sisters and the valley before the fog came in. Literally, within minutes a fog settled across the valley and it whited everything out. It was Tyson's science lesson for the day, although I couldn't explain exactly what was happening... it was neat to see.
Tyson thought it was neat to be running through clouds. The fog was so thick, that we video taped him running ahead and he disappeared in it.
Seeing The Three Sisters, made me think of Jillian and Katey. Would have been ideal to have them there for a photo, but given the weather we could have taken it in front of white sheet and had the same effect.
Our drive home was shorter than our way there, but we did get lost. I'm blaming it on the streets changing names without warning. Either way, we got home and were ready for a dip in the pool.
We had another "Shrimp on the Barbie" dinner. Dan and Tyson helped Stu prepared dinner, while Kristi, Pearl and I sat poolside. It was the first time that Kristi and I had to chat on our own in the three weeks we've been here. It's so good to have such a great friend in Kristi, I just wish she didn't live on the opposite side of the World.
Dinner was delicious. It was fun night with Marilyn and Bill, Kelsey and Bree as well as Kristi and Stu. Lots of jokes and walks down memory lane from all our time spent in Australia. We sure will miss the Wilsons, when we get home. Hopefully, all of you will get to meet them at some point in the future.
We had to say good bye to Kristi and Stu last night, as they have prenatal classes tonight. Kris and I are getting better at good byes, fewer tears now- and thankfully with the technology we have now... at least we can skype. I'll look forward to meeting their baby this way for the first time, until we can find a country to meet up in and meet him/her in person.
We'll I should go help Marilyn with dinner and then pack. There is something about packing for home that isn't quite as exciting as packing for vacation.
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