September 18, 2024 – Chris & Merelyn's Travels

Well, I’m back again .Like I mentioned I was going to have C T scans and xrays on my troublesome back. I have a great Dr. here, but the results of the scans, no so great. I have 2 fractures of the spine,as well as disc bulges, so hence the almost unbeatable pain over the last 4 mths. Don’t know how or when I did it.

Thankfully I feel at home in this area, and seeing so many flowers around to take photos of gives me enjoyment without much effort. So the last few weeks has been short drives and not much walking, and a lot of laying down and Chris doing a great job of looking after the domestics and me.

We went to a field day at Piawaning and watched the lawn mower races. They also had tractor pulling, which was another fun event.

The Idea is for hotted up tractors and one Ute, to pull a farm implement through a sandy course as far as they can . The track gets more difficult as the blades did in deeper. You probably can’t understand what I mean, but it’s all part of how they amuse themselves around here.

Nice old cars on display as well. Mary and young Chris also met us there, making it a nice day out.

So much on around the towns at the moment, last weekend we went to the Northam show to watch Skye McMullen compete in the Mounted Games ,team events. It was a beautiful day and good to catch up with Stacey again.

Seen these two pretty ladies as we went to get lunch. It was only a little show so it didn’t worry me that I couldn’t walk around it.

Our next stay was in Meckering, well known for the 6.9 Earthquake that left the town in ruins in 1968

lots of gum trees are coming out in flower now

There is some nice photos on a building of days gone by

As we wander around from town to town, our next stop was in Minnivale for a couple of days. We have stayed here before, but it’s worth another stay now that more flowers are out. I just love being camped amongst them.