September 7, 2010

We woke up to heavy rain this morning. We decided that since it's raining, and we need to really go through everything and send much of it back home, we will stay an extra night here. We plan to get an early start tomorrow. So we had a bit of a lazy morning. And slowly, the rain is lightening up. So we decided to walk down to "Old Town Bandon" for some fish and chips. We stopped by the Human Bean for some much needed java. Then, we had a lovely stroll through Old Town. There are so many cute shops, including a shop called "When Pigs Fly" (so we had to stop in) which was started by 2 retired nurses from California. They said that they talked about starting this shop for a long while. Their friends always said, "Yeah, you guys will do that when pigs fly!" Hence the name! It's an adorable shop. They said that as soon as they get weiner dog things in they sale right away! (Which reminds me that last night I had a dream about my Stretch! He was with me on my journey! My goodness, I miss my babies!) Anyway, if you go through Bandon you should definitely stop in When Pigs Fly!
So we had some yummy fish and chips by the water. And we walked down by the water for a while. It was a lovely day. We stopped by the store on the way home, but decided that we will order out tonight. We got some boxes for packing some of our extra stuff in, and headed back to the motel. Next we went through the process of figuring out what falls under the category of "essestial" and "non-essential". This is not an easy process since we've already determined (a few times, btw) that everything here IS essential! But we managed to get some things into boxes and will mail them first thing in the morning...
On a side note, Petunia is the star of the show so far on our trip. (I can't even count how many times she's been photographed!) However, we seem to like each other less and less. I am hoping that this will change. But for now, it's frustrating...