Day 13 – Wednesday 29 June 2016 – Alice Springs

Today was really our first warm day at 23 degrees.  Even though we’ve had some beautiful sunny days, the wind has been chilly so it was wonderful to finally feel some warm sun.

I decided to do a bit of baking – no not for us – but try out some bacon cookies for the dogs in the caravan oven.  Evidently they got the   all four paws up mark of success.  While I was in the mode of “baking” I also made a batch of Nola’s famous Vanilla Slice – most lovingly referred to in our house as snot bloks.

Shane went into town to pick up a new battery charger for his camera (yay – that means I have my camera back!!!) and try to find a cheapish stool for me to sit on while dog bathing as the whole standing for an hour and a half to dry Kitty had already become less than amusing.  Much to Kitty’s disgust on his return – into the bath she went.  Having been wet several times in the rain since her last bath she was really knotty and not so much fun to dry.

While in town, Shane had spent a bit of time store spotting.  Living, as we do, in a remote area that does not receive the usual regional TV stations, we have for the past 16 years accessed the free channels via satellite.  One of the stations which was a composite of the old channels 9 and 10 is called “Imparja” and is broadcast from Alice Springs.  Unlike most locals at home, we have watched adverts for business in the Northern Territory and we had talked before we left about whether we might see some of these businesses during our trip.

Evidently the store spotting went VERY well and as well as coming home with a little fold up stool, he proudly showed me his “Desert Dwellers” cup.  The slogan on the advert is ‘If we don’t have it – you don’t need it’ and the guy at the store was so impressed that so impressed that someone from southern Victoria knew their advert he gave Shane a free cup!

Miss Kitty, now all nice and clean, is more at home with annexe up on the van.  This, she informs us in her own special doggy way, is how we are supposed to do holidays.  I don’t think she is thrilled about the day after day travels.  Unfortunately she still has a bit to go yet!

Meanwhile, this was the view from my door tonight.