Today was all about cleaning the house and getting ready for us to leave Taipa on Saturday 31st. Noel gave the Toyota Previa a good clean and then together with Jennifer we gave the rest of the house a good going over so it should still be nice and clean for when Brian and Sheila return from their extensive South American trip.
It rained a bit today and also a bit overcast and although we are due to do some last minute food shopping Noel is loath to use the car just in case it rains and the car gets dirty again. But we need food for the evening and so a trip is unavoidable.
All of our camping gear and other stuff has been moved up to the lounge for final sorting and so that we can pack the hire car tomorrow afternoon. Actually the pile of stuff is not as much as we first thought it would be and so hopefully it will all go in the car boot.
So what with getting exited with the tent and getting ready for our long awaited South Island trip it has all been somewhat overshadowed by some bad family news we have just received.
We have done most of the packing up that we need to do and also leave the house looking clean and tidy.
Noel cooked the steaks tonight and they were quite good as usual.
