We are underway!

Odometer reading: 203045
Monday 28 December, 2009
Day 1

After a stressful day yesterday of cleaning the house we have been staying at, doing lots of laundry, and packing everything up, we are now on the road.

Well okay, it wasn't that stressful. Not so stressful that we couldn't take a break to see Sherlock Holmes. I love me some Robert Downey Jr. But that last foray ended up being a bit less stress-relieving than we intended because of the thousands of people out doing their post Christmas bargain shopping. Parking was a nightmare, there were angry parents and crying children everywhere, and we ended up having to see a later show because the lines were so long And then Nick fell asleep during the movie. But I liked it, and I felt relaxed afterwards.

While we were at the movie, the kids had a few fun hours with their grandmother, auntie, uncle and niece. They played their cousin's new Wii and had a blast, and we had a lovely send-off with all of the family waving from the veranda while we drove the motorhome away for the last time. Eli was still waving and calling, "Byeeeee!" 10 minutes later.

This morning we finished everything up, carted all of the last things out to our "home on wheels" as the kids like to refer to it, and set off.

As I type, we are on Pennant Hills Rd heading towards the F3 which will take us north. We're skipping all of the sights between here and Urunga since we are heading straight to the farm. We intend to hit them up at the other end of our trip. We've never been to the Central Coast or spent any time just north of Sydney, so we're keen to do that as well. But today we're going straight to the farm.