We are back home in our seemingly giant house - the car is unpacked and the washer is going - it already seems like forever ago that we were at Kirsten’s even though it is only a few hours. Time is weird that way.
We had a wonderful time there, joining the family for coffees and suppers and just hanging around, but otherwise snug in the villetta reading. It was really rather nice :-)
I’ve camped for my birthday for years now, and this year was no exception, just the campground was changed. And the company. My day started off early - the township has been working on improving Kirsten’s road and the gravel trucks, pounders and rollers were back and forth, practically under the trailer, from 6:30 am. No complaints though - our site is otherwise quite lovely.
Kirsten and the girls came over for coffee, breakfast oatcakes, and to help us plan out our day. First off would be a long walk with the dogs (with Spike left at the camper), then a shorter walk with just Carm and I so that we could bring Spike for a play - he was excited to get out and had a good time, although he did get confused a few times. Thank goodness his hearing is good or he would have gotten lost.
With the dogs nicely tired we got in the car to drive to Westport and then to Perth. It was a lovely day for a drive even if it was a bit cold. The clouds darted across the sky driven by a fairly stiff wind. We drove down some pretty country roads - in another 2 weeks it will be spectacular with the coloured leaves.
The village of Westport was pretty but we drove through, not wanting to stop to browse at the shops - with Covid we are not going indoors unnecessarily. On our way into Perth we stopped at a gin distillery (we did go into there! They were well organized with masks and only one client inside at a time). We got a bottle of gin, but written on a blackboard were all the flavours of moonshine - butter tart caught my eye so we got a little bottle to have with dessert (it was awesome - I’ll be shopping for a bigger bottle for the winter).
Once we were back ‘to camp’ Kirsten showed me how to operate the hot tub, just in case. Well, that just in case turned into right now (after some hemming and hawing). I’m so glad I wasn’t too lazy as I had a few of those perfect moments as I floated in the hot water.
Carm and I chilled in the camper for a few hours and then it was time for supper at the house. I got dressed up in a silver sequin top and yoga pants. Nissa made a tasty meal, Shenna and Kirsten made a spectacular cake. I was so full and may have had a wild case of sugar high!
It was a wonderful day with lots of perfect moments yesterday - a good start to being 58!
“You get the face you build your whole life, with work and loving and grieving and laughing and frowning.”
~Catherynne M. Valente
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