Jeff's parents spent the second week of their Australian vacation with us! We were both really looking forward to the familiar faces of family and couldn't wait for our week with them. We had plans to stay in a vacation house 20 minutes north of Cairns, unfortunately named the Love Shack. The LS turned out to be freaking awesome, with a BBQ, swimming pool, adequate kitchen (cooking our own meals was divine), and two cozy bedrooms (one detached) all just a 5-minute walk from the very pretty Clifton beach. Our six nights in the LS were preceded by one at a hotel near the Cairns airport. The best part about our first night with the Osborns was that it was a complete surprise for them. We
had told them that we were running behind schedule and that we would be in Townsville until the day after their flight. But we were in Cairns all along, which set the stage nicely for Jeff to fluff up his hair, throw on a pair of funny-nose glasses, and surprise G & T at the Cairns airport. They were thrilled to see us (Mama Osborn may have teared up a bit)! They were also relieved that they didn't have to pick up their rental car and try to find the hotel (we did it all for them--sneaky us!), They took us out to dinner and coffee and we all delighted in each other's company.
We cooked dinner four of our six nights with Jeff's folks and stocked the house with meals and snacks our first day there with an enormous shopping trip to Annette's favorite Oz supermarket, Coles. After the big shop we hung out around the LS, explored the beach, and discussed plans for touring the Great Barrier Reef, the nearby Daintree rain forest, and other area attractions for the coming week...
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