A Couple of Days in Perth and Mom's Farewell

Mom and I got up to catch our 10 am flight from Alice to Perth. We actually saw one of our Rock Tour group people on the airport shuttle and he had gotten punched on the way home! Dingo was exactly right, it happened just like he warned us it would. This guy had a huge bruise over his eye. I felt really bad, but was glad I splurged for the 2 bucks for the taxi the night before.

After a discovering I had only $15 left in my Aus bank account, a few hours in the air, and a very non satisfying airplane lunch, we were in rainy Perth. Kim picked us up from the airport and took us to her house. We went to the markets in Freo later that afternoon with Kim and Jordan. For dinner, Gavin made his famous spaghetti at my request. It was, of course, delicious.

The next day (Monday), Mom and I went on our tour of Fremantle. We took a boat over to Fremantle then rode the tram through the whole town, learning about the history and getting great views in the process. We got fish and chips from Cicerellos for lunch and rode the ferris wheel to get a bird's eye view of Freo. We caught the 3:45 boat back to Perth and Kim picked us up from the harbour. She made us delicious pork with mashed potatoes and asparagus for dinner. We decided that we would cook dinner for the Shreeves the next day as a "thank you."

Tuesday we did a hop on hop off tour of Perth. Kim took us to town and we rode the tour for the full figure 8 loop around then got off in the middle of town for some shopping and lunch.

We then had to find our way back to Doubleview by ourselves. With a couple of questions asked an answered, we caught the correct train and got off at the correct stop. Our bus came within 5 minutes and we had a vague idea of where we were supposed to disembark. We ended up getting off the bus when a lot of other people did and walked the direction we thought was right. We found the road immediately and were home after walking up a hill! I began dinner and mom went to visit Kim at the bead shop she works in and made me some earrings. I made chicken fajitas for dinner. I had marinaded the chicken overnight and it was great. I had flour tortillas, spanish rice, spiced kidney beans, cilantro, lettuce, homemade salsa, sour cream, cheese, and limes. The girls had never had chicken fajitas before, so I had to explain how to construct one. Gavin ate about 4! Kim didn't want me to leave. I think it was a success.

The next day we got to the airport extra early after telling Jordan, Riley, and Gavin goodbye. Kim dropped us off and we had breakfast at the airport. Even though we were so early, we nearly missed the flight because they changed the gate and we didn't notice! We rode buses to the house once we got to Adelaide, then washed my clothes twice and mom for one last time repacked all her stuff. We got some groceries and Dominoes for dinner. Sarah took us to the airport at 6 am the next morning. I stayed with mom until she boarded and watched her plane leave. She stopped and waved every 10 feet walking on the platform to the plane. I was tired and sad, and I caught a bus back to Lyons Road.