Back under a roof

What a trip. I got back last night, and actually had a bit of trouble adjusting to artificial light and walls. There's no way I could possible convey what the trip was like through a blog and some pictures, but I'll try. I think I'll feature two days of the trip at a time, seeing as I took over 500 pictures and wrote a lot of pages in a journal

DAY 1
We started the day at the Alice Springs hostel, meeting everyone and getting packed up in the trucks. We had an SUV, a pickup truck, and a 'troupie', kind of a modified outdoor van. We visited a watering hole near Wallace Rockhole, a small town that we camped outside of for the night. We slept in 'swags': a sleeping bag in a canvas bag with a light pad underneath


and this was the little oasis we visited


DAY 2
You hear about the desert getting cold at night, but until the breeze literally pulls the breath out of you its so cold, its tough to understand. the best thing about the swag is that you can pull the flap at the top over your head, although it was still absurdly cold. We made bookmarks at a dot painting class, and then went swimming at a watering hole in a canyon. The water was cold, but also very very fresh. We did some 'Bush' camping for the night: literally drove off the dirt road, found an open area miles away from anyone (literally, there was a person for miles around) and set up camp.