REMOTES

Saturday night and we are at West Wyalong.  After setting up, we both relaxed in our recliner chairs and I didn't wake until after 8pm.   Steve was only slightly ahead of me.   We had only a short day's travel and arrived here by lunchtime.  We ate at the Tattersals Hotel which has been in the same family for over 100 years.  My meal of salmon patties and salad was $10 and scrumptious.  I couldn't eat it all so I brought it home in a doggy bag and ate it for tea.  (What I actually did was to wrap it in the serviette and foil which covered the basket of garlic bread.)  I don't know if we can request to take any leftovers home these days.  They were once put in a box and given to us but Health Regulations frowned on this practice.
The scooter was hoisted to the ground for the first time on this trip, as the toilet block is too far for me to walk.  The block is super clean and is one where you have to remember the code to punch in -- C405Y, otherwise you are left dancing outside.   The poor scooter had been hosed down and shined before we left home but it got liberally splashed with dirty water when the radiator blew.  The walker suffered the same fate but I took it into the shower with me last night.
For those who don't know, Steve built a place for the electric scooter on the back of the truck and installed an electric winch to get it up and down.  This is operated with a remote control.  A generator lives in "the front boot" of the van and it is run frequently during travelling, to keep the fridge going.  This is a normal house fridge and operates only on 240 volt.  Turning the generator on and off from the truck is done through the back window, with a remote control.  Of course you know what the two air conditioners need to get them going --- remote controls, of course!!  This caravan is a man's playground!!!     :-)  To top it off, Steve discovered a trick to extend the distance from which a remote control can operate ---- Touch the device to your head and click it from there.  I kid you not.  Try it!!

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