Last night I fell asleep to the sound of gunfire and dogs barking. The gunfire was a distance away so didn’t bother me so much, the dogs barking were next door. There’s some good news …
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Day 26,27 – A Typical Housesitting Day
The alarm goes off at 6am, and we take Tootsie for a walk, just a slow amble around the block. We are usually accompanied by other dogs. A little terrier, almost always comes with us. …
Continue readingDay 24, 25 – Scorpions and Sewerage
To think I was scared of ticks, when a freaking scorpion just scurried across the kitchen floor. Thankfully Mike noticed it, put a glass over it, then slid some cardboard underneath and took it outside. …
Continue readingDay 23 – Bikes and BBQ
Today we bought some bikes! We found a couple of cheapish bikes we liked and bought a bike rack for the van, and are looking forward to doing some cycling. Except there are a lot …
Continue readingDay 21, 22 – Housesit
We arrived at our housesit and met Jane, our housesit host. We’re staying in a 2 bedroom house that’s been recently renovated, and the most important thing is, it has air-conditioning. We are on 1 …
Continue readingDay 19 and 20 – We Made It!
After a long days driving, we finally made it to Bastrop, Texas. We pulled into the state park, about 7 miles from our housesit. The camp office was closed, so we chose a spot with …
Continue readingDay 18 – Closed Roads
Having arrived at the carpark late the previous evening, we had no idea what was in the area. As we left and continued our drive up the coast, the beaches were stunning white sand. And …
Continue readingDay 17 – Coast and Casino
We slept in the Crackerbarrel carpark and it was very noisy. Cars doing burnouts, trains honking and people turning up playing loud music. Mike slept through it all. After a terrible coffee from the crackerbarrel …
Continue readingDay 16 – A Day of Drama
This morning I got up at dawn to go Otter Spotting. Mike was still fast asleep, as I ventured out on my own in the early morning light. Firstly, I walked out onto the floating …
Continue readingDay 15 – More Alligators and a Turtle
We don’t know what time it is! The clock keeps changing on us. My phone says one thing, my watch the other. I would trust my phone, but when there is no internet, it doesn’t …
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