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With both of us continuing our usual work schedule when others were at home during the zombie apocalypse lockdown, & the fact that we haven't had a break since Christmas, we've both been feeling a bit antsy ... So even a day trip is a nice change of scenery. 😜 So, after a little sleep in (it was our day off, after all! 😜) we piled ourselves into "Big Blue" & hit the road ...
Hmmm ... Where would the road take us today? People often laugh at us because we rarely have a firm destination in mind when we set off on our day trips ... Half the fun is the spontaneous decision to follow a road less traveled to see where it takes us. 😁 Yesterday, the road took us a bit north & a bit east ... Down one range & up another, along winding, narrow back roads where the forest closed in on every side & we wound down the windows to let in the crisp winter air & listen to bell birds & whipbirds singing their mesmerising tunes. I confess to being so "in the moment" that I didn't get pics. 😜 After a while, we wound our way back down out of the mountains & found ourselves ...
At Sunshine Beach ... Which was NOT living up to its name, but we weren't really surprised, as it ALWAYS rains when we go to the beach ... Even for a quick visit. 😂 It was wonderful to stand & watch the waves rolling in & listen to their thundering crash as they hit the beach. But that squall you can see in the middle of the pic started to roll closer, so it was back into Big Blue before we got wet. 😜 And back on the road to ...
... Visit another stretch of beach a bit further south ... Mooloolaba main beach. We were too far away to pick up in a photo, but there were lots of crazy surfers out there making the most of the swell being kicked up by the stormy weather. They made me shiver with cold just looking at them! 😱😜 And since we were at one of our fave beaches, we just HAD to have a fave sweetie-treatie ...
GELATO! YUMMO! 😍 Salted caramel for me & ...
... Maple pancake for GB. This was followed by a short walk along the beachfront ... Cos it was too jolly windy & cold to go too far! Then ... Back on the road ...
... Where it was wet & foggy as we climbed back up into the hinterland hills. It's a bit hard to see in the pic ... & was hard to get a good pic cos there wasn't anywhere to pull over ... But as we were driving, we watched the clouds coming down over the mountains, giving them a storybook feel.
And we encountered quite a few roadworks along the way, commenting to each other that stop-and-go sign holding would be a crappy job in rain. 😜 A bit more driving & ...
... Home again, home again, jiggitty jig! 😁 It may only have been a day trip, but it was wonderful to get out & about for the day. We're hoping to get away for a full weekend sometime soon, but that will hold us til then. I hope you enjoyed road tripping with us. 😁
Right now, though, I'm off to do some sewing ... My trust Husky is working like a dream now after a service ... YAY! 😁 (& a huge thanks to my Quilting Fairy Godmother the Fabulous Fiona, who did. GORGEOUS job of quilting the project I was interrupted on! 😘) Have a fantastic weekend, everyone. Stay safe, keep stitching & keep smiling. 😁 Til next time ...
BEAR HUGS!
CHEERS!
KRIS
2 comments:
Pleased GB and you had a lovely day trip. I enjoyed seeing your pics....after a cool night of 7 deg it's 24 deg today so lots of folk beaching ....
I’m so pleased you had a chance to get out and about. Mick and I were getting itchy feet too, and have had a couple of days out and even a weekend away. We didn’t mind staying home, but it is good to get away too. I hope you can get your weekend away soon.
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