No issues with our trusty Walmart camp this time, we were away without issue, straight to a Maccas so Bernie could get his essential morning coffee and make a few phone calls before his big game. After we’d been talking last night about how much trouble he has falling asleep, he slept like a log,…

I was up way before Bernie this morning and enjoying breakfast in my comfy seat when a man came up to my open side door and introduced himself as the property manager and asked if I was just hanging out. It was bloody obvious what I was doing and he proceeded to tell me that…

Our goal today was to hit as much as possible on clay courts. After a pretty late start to the morning, I found a few nearby parks and when I called to enquire about clay courts, the lady on the phone just said “I’ll Google it,” in response to each of my questions, so not…

We both had a bit of a sleep in this morning. Bernie was up just before me and when I opened my door, he said, “About time!”. First on my agenda was a shower, I felt disgusting from yesterday and the warm shower rejuvenated me. As I was doing that, Bernie went into the Cracker…

While I was flipping through my Lonely Planet guide over breakfast, a guy in an old bright red MG drove over to my camp. I’d seen him drive in last night and saw him camped out in a sleeping bag, keen as mustard. Within minutes, it was obvious he’s a talker. He had so much…

During the night, I was woken up by a police officer, an overweight black woman. I could hear her talking outside the van, she was saying something about coming back at 3pm to see if I was still camped where I was. If I was, she’d do something about it. When I went outside, I…

While I dreamt the whole night of snake attacks and was bitten all over by mozzies, I survived the night, even getting to enjoy watching glowing ants on my window as I fell asleep. They flashed their green bums on and off constantly, it was magical, I’d never seen them before. I started my day…

I enjoyed a great night’s sleep and dragged out a slow start to my morning. I re-organised the van into a one-girl-camp and managed to free up some under-bed space in the process which is always a bonus. I had a small breakfast, not really feeling hungry after all the good food I’d eaten over…

I was awake at 5:50am thanks to my superhuman ability to wake minutes before an alarm. I had another shower (bliss!) and while Tuuli did the same, went out to the car to make us some oats for breakfast. We ate out on the deck of our waterfront room and watched the light of the…

This morning I got chatting to a couple from New York State, who have had the opposite lives to me, having been married and had their first child right after graduating high school, have grandkids nearly as old as me and they still haven’t retired! We swapped travel stories and in the end, they gave…