We landed at Echuca at lunchtime today. And as we drove from Wodonga to Echuca, I could feel the heat coming through the window. The heat is almost overwhelming....well it IS overwhelming! At 43C/108F, it's the kind of heat that when you get out of the car, it slaps you in the face and stings your skin. You can actually feel the dehydration taking place.
So we quickly settled the van into place, cooled the van down with some air conditioning and had some lunch before hopping back in the car and checking the town out. We're booked in for a paddlewheel down the Murray river tomorrow morning and then a tour through town.
In the meantime, we're staying inside where it's a cool 29C/86F. The next couple of days are going to be worse too. Estimated to 45C/112F. aargh!
Well, one good thing came out of the heat today. We had a drive around this afternoon with our icy drinks in hand, reminiscing about all the things we remember about hot days, like when Papa took me to lunch and it was super dark inside the restaurant,..very cool, but dark. And as my eyes were still adjusting to the dark, I accidentally put horseradish on my bread instead of the butter. yuck! Papa thought it was very funny. Or the time for Chris, about changing the water pipes and enjoying the spray of cool water...or when he was helping one of the neighbours baling hay in the blistering heat and dropped 15 bales off the truck because they weren't stacked right in the first place...oops. But mostly, on these kinds of hot, hot days, I remember walking into town, in Dinuba, and going swimming...and then begging Papa for an ice cream before walking home again. My favourite was Banana Nut!! yum!
See?..there ARE SOME good things that come out of HOT days! But ,...sadly, now, as this little flower has gotten older, she does wilt A LOT easier. Come on rain!!
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