October 29th, A Mouse in our House...

We woke up in a very wet and freezing cold day, so we decided to make it a driving day and not stick around Denmark like we wanted to. I spent all last night listening to the storm, wide awake because I swore there was an animal in the van going through our trash bin. I woke up Matt a few different times to make him listen, but he was sound asleep and not able to stay awake for the few minutes it took for the 'animal' to start at it again. He told me it was just the rain and wind and to go back to sleep. HA. A few minutes later it started again. I thought it was funny how every time I moved or said something, the noise would stop....surely it was an animal, so I woke Matt back up. He asked what I thought it was, I said an animal in the car, he laughed really loudly, rolled over and went back to sleep. Meanwhile, I was awake all night listening, until I finally convinced myself it was just the wind and rain and fell asleep for a little bit before Matt woke up at 7 like he usually does and the day began.

I took a shower and was in the bathroom getting ready for a bit while Matt was organizing and cleaning the van. I got back to it and he had a geeky smile on his face and told me he had bad news....he found a mouse in our glove compartment! WE HAVE A MOUSE LIVING IN OUR VAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was freaked out, but convinced that he surely wasn't going to be there while we were driving and that he just needed a safe place from the rain, so on we went.

The guy at the caravan park gave us a map of the area and told us about the things we should do on our way out of town. So we hit up the tourist road and did the touristy things that he told us....the Mead Winery, the Toffee Factory and the Tree Top Walk. We saw the mouse again while we were at the Winery. His tail was sticking out of a crack Matt thought it was a string and pulled it. So gross. So, unfortunately we didn't rid ourselves of the little guy and had to go buy traps. The Tree Top Walk was incredible. It was this suspension bridge built in the canopy of 400-year-old, 60-meter-high Tingle trees. The forrest was so ancient and magical. It was awesome to have a bird's-eye view of the place. It was a bit scary, but so worth it. Then we went on a short hike underneath, on the forrest floor, and got to climb through the base of some of the trees and see them from a human perspective, which was equally as awesome.

We made our way to Shannon NP to stay the night in the forrest and it was a much-needed change of scenery from the usual beach-front spots we have been camping. Ha. OK, it wasn't that needed, but it was really good and refreshing! We had a glass of Western Australia wine and watched Walk Hard (see it, it's funny) then played with the bugs all over our van. Pretty entertaining....