Stowaway

When we traveled from the pacific coast to the hinterland, Michaela found out that we had an unexpected traveler with us. A tiny lizard joint us and although we tried hard we could not convince it to check out. Thus we moved on with our travels. We were quite worried about its well-being and the consequences. Thus we started discussing about the odor and the hygiene of a dead animal in our car and about many other related issues. In the meantime out little traveler found a nice cool and wet place in our car. It was a bag where we put our wet tent in the morning.

Thus, it was safe and sound. While having our pick nick we decided to get our tent out into the sun to dry it.
Well, that is when our ‘Lurchi’ decided to move on as the former wet place was dry.













We were happy to see him alive and thus we had to take some pictures before we released him into the wilderness.

Thus, it was safe and sound. While having our picknick we decided to get our tent out into the sun to dry Well, that was not really the end of the story. A second time he managed to get on the car by jumping from Jochen’s arm onto the hood and then under it. Into a corner we could only see his tail, however were not able to grap him. Thus, the journey went on. Again we discussed the consequences for Lurchi while we were traveling. At one point we decided that he will make it and what adventures the new future will bring. When we arrived at Blue Mountain National Park we could not find him anymore. Thus we thought he jumped right off the car when we were at the picknick place.

The next morning, after a wet and cold night in the mountains we went to a sightseeing point called Echo Point and we enjoyed looking at the Three Sisters and Jamison Valley.











When the sun was getting too hot, we returned to our car to find Lurchi sitting in the shade of our back tire. We tried to convince him that this was not the perfect spot. At the end Michaela made sure he was save while I drove away with Matilda. However as Lurchi was not moving from the place, we first had to rescue him from other cars and then from the sun.

This time we were lucky. We found a place at a wonderful hedge with some nice flowers cold and shady. There Lurchi is now happy and has found a lot of new friends whom he can tell the stories about his life at the sea (for sure they don´t believe him that there is a place on earth which has so much water) and adapts to the life in the mountains.