November 19th....all good things must come to an end....

Today's the day. It's over after a long drive.

We left Ouyen to make the long drive back to Jindabyne. It's been raining all day and is actually pretty fitting and making the drive easier because it's not making us want to stay anywhere along the way. We did make a stop at another winery so that we could get some presents for people, but it didn't last long.

The drive was both boring and incredible. Once we got to the final stretch, I was breath-taken by the beauty of the mountains that I've spent the whole winter surrounded by. I had no idea that the backside of the mountain range was so beautiful. It was really foggy just above the valleys, so when we were going through the pass, it seemed we were on top of the world. The rain was falling and the eucalyptus trees were so green, it was like a magical rain forest. And the smell....the eucalyptus in the rain made the car smell like a massage room.

The drive seemed to take forever because we were so close to Jindy, but the switch-backs made it take 3 times as long. We finally made it back to Matt's house and now I am exhausted. It's good to stand up and move around in a house, but I am already missing the van....