Esperance

With Janelle finished work at the Pharmacy and a few days free we took the long drive down to Esperance with Lucy and Bella. It took us 8 hours which included a catchup with Wayne and Sue in Lake Grace. No roadhouse food for us - instead homemade green smoothie!...

 On our first morning we went for a drive down town and were very pleased to find a mobile juice and smoothie van parked on the foreshore - how could we resist....

One must always climb the fish at the park near the tea rooms...

 We also found a small health shop in the Museum village...

 It was very hot while we were in Esperance and after the long drive we were both tired so a Nanna nap was required. We then went out to see the replica of the original Stonehenge in England that has been built in Esperance...

 Having recently been to the one in England it was good to see what it would have looked like all those hundreds of years ago...

 Next morning we went to the Museum village markets. It was very hot and humid but we found a few things to buy to support the locals and Janelle found herself a nice dress...

 We then went to the new Dome. This was a little strange for me as the building was once the Commonwealth Bank where I worked for 8 years and has many special memories...

Although it now bears no resemblance to how it was as a bank, I was very excited to be able to go upstairs to the toilet which hasn't changed! It is over 24 years since I last walked up these stairs when I was pregnant with Nicole - very much a time warp moment!...

We sat and enjoyed a drink in roughly the same spot as I was a teller long ago...

 Later that day (after another Nanna nap) we took the dogs down to West Beach. It was lovely without the wind and the dogs had a great time...

Yoga on West Beach

 That evening we went down to Rodney and Julies for dinner. Janelle enjoyed some cousin time...

 And chef Julie made a delicious meal...

 And Pop got dressed up with some "stuff" from our cleanout...

The next day Janelle and I did a bit of shopping and a few jobs with Dad. Then we had afternoon tea with Lisa and Toby as they had made us a chocolate cake...

 Janelle and I walked up to Rotary lookout and enjoyed beautiful sun rays...

Then after dinner we took the dogs for a walk along the foreshore and out the jetty...

Time for the long trip home but not without a stop at the juice van to get our supplies for the road... 

Only 7.5 hours to get home as it was too hot to stop long anywhere along the way!