This afternoon we drove out to Penrith to pick oranges at one of the orchards there. We had lunch at Macdonald first and then drove about an hour there. The weather was fantastic and we were feeling quite happy to be out after a few weeks of cold winter air and staying indoors.
When we reached there, the oranges were to be sold at $2/kg and we think it is actually a reasonable sprice. We walked about 5 mins and came to the many orange trees lining alongside the road. We picked the big ones that have the navel orange bottoms - meaning having a hole at the underside.
After about half an hour, the children were finally satisfied and we went to weigh our oranges. To our surprise, we ended up with 13 kgs and so had to pay $26 for all the oranges. Kids were really happy to pick their own fruit and the experience would probably stay with them.
On our way home, I realized something was wrong with the accelerator. The car could not pick up speed and I had to have an emergency stop with my hazard lights on at the side of the road. Joe tried and we decided to push it to aside. The vehicle was heavy and two passerby came to our rescue and helped to push the car. After w cut the engine and restarted it, it moved again. We thought all was well but after moving for 500m, the car could not move again. We stopped and restarted the car and it moved for nearly a kilometer before the same thing happened. Altogether we stopped 3 times and with God's bless,finally reached home.
First thing in the morning, Joe is going to send the car for repair. Hopefully it will not cost a bomb. We suspected something wrong with pump. Will see what the mechanic say.
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