There is something very freeing about driving alone, windows
down, music on..just feeling happy. You are in control of where you want to go.
You stop when you feel like it, and you drive when you feel like it. I didn’t
have a huge deadline to get to Carnamah.
They said I could show up Sunday or Monday so I decided to go up Sunday.
I met up with my friend Megan for an early breaky. She is also from Ottawa and
we met through a mutual friend. Megan is awesome and has a smart-ass sense of
humor like me- so we get along great J
She has been so helpful giving me tips on stuff and being my Aussie –go-to when
I need help. We met in the town she lives in called Scarborugh at this really
cute café. We had a nice breaky, some good chat/banter and then I was on my way
to meet another friend Katie before I left. But guess what….to my surprise…it was
FREE STUFF DAY! What does that mean you ask? Well exactly what it say. People
put out whatever they don’t want on the street, and then creepy people like me
com along in a giant creepy mini van and take it! Hahaha.
The first thing I eyed was a cooler! It looked in fine shape
(yes, I did the slow creep along stare at it first- just to get the full
effect) Then I backed up, pulled over, ran out, picked it up, emptied the dead
bugs from the lid, and ran back to the van. The most hilarious/awkward part of
this whole thing was that the sliding van door is on the opposite side as it
would be at home, so if anyone was watching me steal their garbage they would
have been in for a real treat. A giant redhead creeping by
slowly…stopping…backing up….jumping out and grabbing the cooler, running back
to the WRONG SIDE OF THE VAN…trying to open a side with no door….looking
awkward and confused, finally realizing and going AROUND to the other
side..throwing it in and driving away quickly. Haha. To be honest..I hope someone
was watching. You’re welcome “person throwing out great stuff to steal”!
I met up with Katie down by the Scarborough Beach (Katie is
my fellow hostel buddy that worked as a Carnie with me ) We just sat on the
grass and relaxed. I then showed her my sweet van…haha. She is in university
but I hope that after my farmwork I can meet up with her again and we can maybe
do at least a weekend trip together. She is a wicked person.
I left around noon and had to stop at the mall to change my
cell phone provider. There is only one provider that will have service in
“bum-fuck-nowhere” and that is where I was headed. I finally got on the road to
the farm around 1:00 pm. The drive was supposed to take 3.5 hours. I honestly
didn’t mind the drive at all. I originally had a bus ticket booked, but then I
was able to get a refund when I bought the van.
I got to the “Roadhouse” in Carnamah (a roadhouse is the gas
station in a small town- but they sell hot food there too) and had to get the
people to call Rebekah for me as my phone had died. She came and met me and I
followed her to the house. I instantly liked her and we really got along. She
has two kids: Charmaine is 12 and Josh is 10. They are pretty cool kids and
everyone made me feel very welcome when I was there.
Tomorrow we head to the Mary-Vale Farm. It is an hour from
their house in Carnamah. This is where I will spend most of my time over
Harvest. I feel blessed that this all came together the way it was supposed to.
You can create the ideal situations that you want, if you believe that they
will come to you as they are supposed to. I knew that something would work out
for me, and that I would be put right where I needed to be J
Nighty Night!!
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