A Quiet Day

As we've been fighting off some illness and are tired at the moment, Nicole especially, we decided to have a quiet day today.

I thought we could let Nicole have a lie in whilst I took the others out for a walk, and had in mind a little exploration at Samford Forest, but E had other ideas and got her Mum out of bed.

Off we went then to Samford Forest, and climbed the steep track to the top of the circuit then took a side track off to who knows where. Eloise was on good form, especially charming. Her new word for today is "Hey" which she insisted on practicing repeatedly.

We found our way back to the car after a couple of hours, after a good length walk. The track curved down the hill and around, winding up at another car park from which we took a track running parallel to the road back to the start.

After lunch Eloise went to sleep for three whole hours during which we relaxed in hammocks and did some housework. Nicole did some gardening.

Then we went to the Chermside Shopping Mecca and visited KMart to get a cheap tent as they are running a sale on camping stuff. When we got there, to my horror, the Sale signs had come down... the sale seemed to be over! But Nicole talked to a lady and it turned out the sale was finishing today so we just made it in the nick of time. So now we are the owners of an 8-person Extendable Dome which should do the trick nicely, although of course this means we are from hereonin camping at every opportunity.