Goaty the Travelling Goat Part 3: Goaty Down Under

Arrived in Australia

Headed from Brisbane to 7 Mile Beach, now in Byron Bay!

Adventure!

I leave tomorrow on an adventure. According to Google Maps, it would take me 208 days, 6 hours to walk there. Good thing I'm taking a plane. Google Maps also tells me that I should use caution as "This route may be missing sidewalks or pedestrian paths. No duh. I am going to Brisbane. And then Byron Bay, Tasmania, Melbourne, Sydney, and back to Byron Bay again. AUSTRALIA! While I do have to pack light, I am bringing a few important things.

1) My new GREEN ukelele. It doesn't have a name yet but I'm sure that will become apparent with time.

2) A daypack that just so happens to have the perfect straps with which to attach said green uke.

3) A hat my momma made me for the cold nights in Tassie.

4) Gifts for my homestay family from the great state of Vermont

5) Really comfy boots that already got a few miles on them this summer.

6) (this is the cheezey one, prepare yourselves!) An open mind with few expectations, except to have FUN! As a friend said to me last night on skype, "Before you do something, ask yourself, will it be a good story?" I think that's important! Luckily being at camp all summer surrounded by children I was responsible for didn't give me much time to think about this trip, so I'm actually fairly calm about it. Not enough time to freak out, except about little things in preparation.

I'm mostly packed, so today my mom and I are going to see a movie to distract ourselves!

Camp Colors

Happiness is...

The view of camp after a tough hike to Sauter's Rock with 13 7-8 year olds

Watercolor-looking evenings

Baby goats with wagging tails

Find the goat!

Flea peeking out from the woods

Little hands, little blessings

Picking blueberries on Gork Mountain with my 7-8 year olds

Insects found in the garden while making camper plots

More than half the summer gone, and I am soaking it all in.

Challenging kids bring the biggest rewards in the simplest of actions.

Finding an inch worm, learning to tie a knot,

finding that they can do something even after an hour of "I can't"s

A few more weeks left!

Goaty the Travelling Goat, Part 2: Braintree, VT

Today we found a lovely patch of Indian Paintbrush on Braintree Hill!

Goaty enjoyed frolicking amongst the flowers

And giving them a sniff, even if the blooms are as big as his face!

(Which isn't really saying much)

Next Goaty enjoyed the sunset at the Bit of Earth,

with a nice mountain view behind him.

He even discovered a Henrycat!