Things are getting very exciting (for a change). Soon Seb and I will begin our road trip that will take us all around the country, and we've begun with the preparations. First off we brought a tent.
It was a leeeetle bit small.
So we brought a new one.
Plus mattress, chairs, table and stove.
But what we really want is to be able to just sleep in the car. So we are transforming it.
When Sebastian and Max left the farm in Federal, we headed to the beautiful Bri's house for a few days, up in Kingscliff. Then we returned to the farm where Greg (the farmer) is helping us with the car. And by 'helping us' I mean he is doing all of the planning, all of the difficult stuff and telling us what we can do, then redoing it when we do it wrong...
We are building a false floor to put the mattress on, with storage space underneath. Sound simple, yes? WRONG! It's a serious challenge. Not only do we have to cut all the wood exactly, but we have to anchor it to the car so it doesn't move around. Easier said than done when the car is wider at the back, tilts forwards, and has carpet that is higher some places than others.
While the boys are doing all the sawing and drilling, I'm feeling pretty useless. I have no idea what I'm doing so can't add any constructive advice, and I haven't got a clue how to handle power tools.
BUT I'm a boss when it comes to measuring!
(sometimes - we'll ignore the time 1030 became 1032 in the middle...)
There's been a lot of sparks. We are having to create all the anchors and mount points ourselves, so there's lots of beating, grinding and welding steel.
We have taken the back seats out and designed a mount to screw into the holes where they were. It's been really hard to get the angles right as it is impossible to measure so it's all guess work.
Finally we've attempted to attach them, and incredibly it fits! We have to remove it again to cut the top to fit the board we will place on top, but that's for another day.
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