miski's first trip to the beach!

woke up super early saturday morning, packed some things up, shuffled a sleepy puppy into the car and drove to cable beach in broome. miski has not really enjoyed water so i was surprised how much she loved the ocean.  she played in the water and chased the waves for over an hour. after that we took her to the markets, grabbed a breaky wrap and then went to a friend's house to clean up and have a much needed nap while miski played with her favorite doggy friend.

camp breakfast

next morning we woke up when we felt like it and it was drizzling ever so slightly. miski was still sleeping soundly which was unusual. enjoyed the cool morning breeze and lounged around a bit. eventually we got up and took puppy for a stroll and broke down the tent. then we made traditional australian breakfast: jaffles!  they are amazing! i had baked beans, egg and tomato. jose had salami, cheese and beans and tomatoes. yum.  the boys also had some cherrabun to top it all off. we had tea and chatted and watched the dogs run around and play.  we eventually cleaned up and went to the stream again to wander in the water. headed out early to get home for nanna naps and laundry. it was so great to finally get to go camping again after all this time!  jose and i had such a good time. can't wait for the next outback camping.  more photos here

running through the sprinklers

what a great saturday! jose went to quiz night on friday (to raise money for the animal welfare group here) and i stayed home sick and read a book cover to cover. bliss.  then saturday, thankfully i felt better, we got up bright and early and hunted for nonexistent garage sales, and then got ready for our peruvian dinner that evening! we cleaned the house, dog, etc top to bottom, and cooked all day. while we waited for the store to open to prepare we took miski to the local oval and she got to run through the sprinklers and play with the water. it was super fun!

water water everywhere

after high tide we had some heavy rains as well.  which was nice because it lowered the oppressive heat and humidity we'd had.  it was so beautiful out with the clouds and the water came right up to our street! i've never seen the marsh so wet!

highest tides of the year

we had the highest tide of the year here in derby - at 3:45pm.  it overflowed and covered the jetty and the road to the jetty and the marshlands turned to salt water lakes as far as the eye can see.  it was beautiful. the entire town showed up to see the overflow.  i've never seen anything like it before coming here.

water water everywhere and a little surprise on the doorstep

with the huge rains we've been having there are some parts of the road from broome to derby that are submerged. it is so beautiful this time of year - all green and alive.  still pretty hot and humid but not as bad.  then we were greeted at the front door by a beautiful frog! i was super excited but jose hates frogs. can't see why, he is gorgeous. miski was super excited to see us and i swear she's even bigger than when just four days ago.