Mould!

Yucky stuff. We travel in the caravan with our car fridge and I prefer to move the fridge items between the two when we travel. Coming home the other weekend, this is what I did and took the car fridge inside to unload it, washed it out and packed it away.

Warren did the van and between us we took the linen out of van and washed it etc.

But we didn't think to open the fridge as it had nothing in it right!

A week later we realized that it needed to be opened as it was not switched on.

This is what the fridge looked like when we opened it. Luckily as it was fresh it didn't take much to clean it but it is now on our list of "to do" things when we have finished tripping around. Open the fridge and prop it open.

Less than two months to go before we leave on our epic trip.

I just hit 40, 29 words in nano and taking a break, may write some more tonight. eight days to go.

Fruit Tingles

Our son swears by these things to cure a cold. I know that I have tried them and they do seem to help. Not sure if its anything in them or the fact that when chewing on them, it is keeping throat moistened and therefore don't cough as much. Could also be mind over matter, anyway Warren came off the cruise and later that night he started coughing, he felt like he had something caught in his throat. Twenty fours after and yep, he has picked up a cold so at the first opportunity he bought five packets of fruit tingles.

Two nights ago he got up about four am and it was still dark, he didn't put any lights on and saw the small torch that we use, it was on top of the fridge. Should be hanging by the door but he thought that one of us had not hung it back up on the hook. He grabbed and put it in his pocket as the outside light was on but thought he would need it as he got closer to the toilet block. Half way there and he took the torch out and went to switch it on, nothing happened.

He had picked up a roll of fruit tingles instead! Luckily he didn't need the light.

Cough is getting better but he did pay a visit to the chemist today to help clear it quicker.

Dinner in the caravan

Meals is a confined space is limiting. I have no stove no hot plates or no microwave. What we do have in the van is an electric fry pan, a gas burner and a toaster oven, I also have one fry pan and a small saucepan.
I realized yesterday when packing  that the freezer is not that big either, so buying food while we are on the road will have to be limited and often.

I brought half a loaf of bread, two frozen meal bowls and two bread rolls then the freezer was full. The fridge took all the apples and bananas, a tray of chicken, a pack of mince and a pack of grated cheese, tub of butter, yoghurt, a container of cooked corned beef, a couple of slices of bacon and some fresh vegetables that was all.

Tonight I cooked the chicken in the electric fry pan and did Chinese cabbage, bacon and red capsicum outside on the gas burner.

The chicken had been marinated and made a crust but the chicken was very tender and there is enough for tomorrow night as well.