We left home at 7:30 am, arriving in Adeliade at 10:30 am because we didn’t know where the radiology centre was, and according to Google maps, it was in the middle of the traffic island.

We had a good trip down, and our children completed all of their school work in the car while we were travelling and when I was having my scan. They did have incentive, though, as I had said that if they had finished their school work, we would visit some fellow homeschoolers on the way home.

After leaving the radiology centre, we went to Spotlight, and we purchased a new pedestal mat for our friend, Gwenda, as we noticed while visiting her that hers was almost threadbare. We also bought some new pillows for the guest bedroom.

Then we travelled out of Adelaide to see our friends who were delighted and surprised to have us visit. Their eldest son made us feel most welcome by making us a cuppa, and my husband said that he makes a delicious cup of coffee.

A wonderful afternoon was had by all – we had lunch and the adults talked while the children played hide and seek and chasey.

We arrived home at about 7:00, totally exhausted but happy that we had experienced such wonderful fellowship and (dare I say that dreaded “S” word) socialisation.

We departed on Friday morning, and our lunch stop was at Barnacle Bill’s at Port Augusta, where we had fish, chips and chocolate milk, and this was delicious! After this, we continued on our journey, arriving in Tumby Bay just after 5:00 p.m. My son took most of the photos out of the car window while we were travelling, and they turned out pretty well.

near Port Augusta

Our friend was waiting for us, with a ready-cooked roast chicken dinner and vegetables, followed by Apricot Crumble, and it was absolutely delicious. It was so good to be anywhere but in the car, and everyone slept really well that night.

The next day we spent visiting friends and just generally vegging out – it seemed that the trip really did tire us all out. What really surprised us was the quality of the crops from Port Neill to Tumby Bay – the farmers should be ecstatic over that way.

Crop in between Port Neill and Tumby Bay

Saturday was spent listening to the choir preparing for Sunday’s church service, and getting used to new songs. We also took our set-top box remote back to a friend, and she replaced it, as we thought that it was faulty, but it now appears that the box is faulty – *sigh*.

King Gull Overlooking Tumby Bay

Sunday was church at the Tumby Bay Assembly of God, and it was a great service, with Kayleen giving a wonderful communion message on “Guarding Your Mouth”, and Ps. Malcolm giving a sermon on “What does the Gospel bring?” Sunday afternoon saw us visiting with “old” friends, and then prepared for an early night, knowing that we had about 460 kilometres to travel home the next day.

On Monday we arrived home at about 4:00 p.m, extremely exhausted, but happy that we had experienced a safe and uneventful journey home, despite the huge flow of traffic. Praise God for His wonderful provision over us, and for granted travelling mercies!