We’ve named our van Rodger. We crawled out of bed this morning, feeling refreshed after a good nights sleep.

The lake was calm this morning and I could see some things swimming backwards and forwards across it, but couldn’t tell what they were. Just a little head poking above the water. I thought I’d seen a beaver the previous day, but these were too small for that.

We managed to get Rodger’s water working today, after another jetlag distaster yesterday. There was another switch we didn’t know about. Even though Rodger is a 1992 model, he is very advanced for his age and this is what caught us out. Our van can use water directly from a hose rather than the tank. To do this, you turn the switch one way. If using from the tank, the switch goes the other way. So that was our problem yesterday, the switch was for town water. Problem solved.

We spent another day at the lake in Yankee Springs as we’re still trying to get our van sorted and we needed another dreaded trip to Walmart. As we were shopping, the staff who’d seen us on previous visits, greeted us like long lost friends. It was at this point we realised we’d become regulars.

Mike needed tools for some odd jobs so he picked up a tool box. The louvred blinds at the back of the van had a gap in them, so we picked up some cheap curtains. Mike picked up an extension lead, and I also picked one up and we didn’t notice until we got back to camp. So now we have a spare. We could probably take it back but we daren’t show our faces there again.

Back at camp we sat, sipping on a zero beer, mesmorised by the lake. Then I saw another one of those things, swimming across the lake towards me. Having seen them in Australia for many years, it looked like a snake. Sure enough, as it got closer, it was a little water snake swimming towards me. At this stage I didn’t know if they were poisonous or not, so I took a step away from the bank. Thankfully It didn’t come onto the land. We found out later that they aren’t poisonous, so that’s a relief.

People are so friendly here, stopping to chat with you. Random people in the supermarket even say hello to you.

We’ve spent three days at this wonderful campground, and we still haven’t done any of the walks around the place. Perhaps we’ll get time tomorrow before we leave.

Internet here is really bad, so blogs have been a bit slow.