Introducing Angel

I am ready to travel again. I am so excited to finally have a motorhome. I have been looking for most of the year. After checking all sorts and all sizes of vehicle, I decided that the Mercedes Sprinter was definitely what I wanted but everything I could afford had huge mileage, Then, by a stroke of luck I checked Search Queensland instead of Search Brisbane and there, at Trinity Bay,was exactly what I wanted. By a further stroke of fortune, my son Greg was going to Cairns on business. He checked it out, recommended it and voila! I had a motorhome.

Truly, I landed on my feet - or on my wheels! The van was previously an ambulance and had been done up by Paul and Belinda. They couldn't do enough to make life easy for me, taking it to Cairns for Greg to check, taking it again for a RACQ master check, fixing the one thing that needed attention and then, very kindly, replacing tyres even though they were legal. I'm sure they realised that I would love the van and travel with joy, which I certainly plan to do.

My brother in law John flew to Cairns and drove it back over a few days, stopping with relatives in Mackay, Rockhampton and Tinana. Angel had been checked out by lots of family before she arrived in my driveway. Until I go away at the end of January, the van is there to be used. I had the long weekend (G20 in Brisbane) visiting my sister Cecily in Goombungee on the Darling Downs where the weather is generally very mild. The temperature reached 41c. Praise the lord for good air conditioning! This weekend Greg and Nikki have taken Cooper and Mia to the Gold Coast, in rain and storms - but nothing like the golf-ball sized hailstones which battered the poor van last week.

When the little boys first saw the van, they noticed the shadow of the paramedic logo and asked, 'Why are there angel wings on the windows?' Deciding that the protection of angel wings would be the most reassuring way to go, I have christened her Angel so I will be travelling with an Angel. Actually, I will have two angels as my GPS Kerry has been my guardian angel in former travels - what could be safer. (And if the worst were to happen, I'd have two angels to take me straight to heaven. Not that I am planning for that but I believe that when your time is up, the best way to go is when you are doing something you love.)

My Angel.
In a certain light you can see the angel wings on the windows -
 and also the word Ambulance with the 000 emergency number.

All the comforts of home, sink fridge, microwave,
double bed at the back, single bed on the side,
seats for 4, as well as porta potti and shower.
The colour scheme will eventually be shades of blue.

Looking in the back, bed and extra mattress,
 single bed partly underneath, storage in the rear
and the hot water tank.

My three Brisbane grandsons (Cooper, Hudson and Cory) the day Angel arrived.

First trip away, a weekend in downtown Goombungee
Cooper asleep on double bed, Cory on the single,
Hudson on the mattress on the floor;