We are starting to put things away; either into our storage space in the basement of Karley and Ian’s house or into cupboards, drawers and storage space inside the Moho. We have lived in a state of disarray since getting here in May, mainly because we spend little time inside and when there is a toddler around, things don’t stay in place anyway. Rick pulled out the trailer and loaded the motorcycle and rearranged some of the other stuff in it. Now it’s ready for the car which we will load on Friday night or Saturday morning. Gosh it’s been so long since we have done all of this!

After our recent road trip, we have been bitten by the travel bug once again so even though emotionally, it will be extremely difficult to leave Karley, Ian, Makai and Monet, we are anxious and ready to be moving on. We invested in webcams, one for us and one for the MacLachlan clan, which hopefully will help us during our separation. We are hoping to return here for 10 days at Christmas and they will be visiting us in the desert in February, so we should be okay.

While we were away, Makai got a bicycle helmet for when he goes on bike rides with his Dad; a helmet he particularly likes. It has become part of his daily apparel so it never surprises us to see him wearing it even though his head will be sweating profusely underneath it and we have to persuade him to remove it. I took this picture of him wearing it at dinner. It was on Sunday night (September 3) when we had just returned from our cross country trip and he was thrilled that Grandpa had returned at last.