24 December 2011 - Well it's Christmas Eve and I woke to -5 degrees C - a bit cooler than Australia.,....just a smidge. :) No snow but the ground is white and the cars covered in a heavy frost so I'll have to wait till New York to get snow maybe.
We are having Christmas dinner today as all the other families are meeting up tomorrow - Christmas Day really needs to be 48 hours long. I'm missing my family - especially after reading all the posts on Facebook but I'm with good friends and there's going to be amazing food so all is good :)
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE - STAY SAFE AND ENJOY xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Saturday 24 December 2011
Thursday 22 December 2011
Making Travel Arrangements
20 December 2011- Christmas shopping done :) Had a scare when I couldn't find my Travel cash Card....found it in my Passport where I left it after booking in to the motel in Little Rock the other day...twas very late and I was tired when I booked in so I had just stuck them altogether. Will it never end (*cringe *blush)
21 December 2011 - went for another run - someone must have gone out during the night and made that damn hill steeper - was tougher than yesterday lol
Got on the internet and have booked to fly from Little Rock to New York on December 26. I will be there for 16 days till I fly to Iceland on January 12. Will get to see the New Year in in Times Square ...hmmmm.... may leave my purse and Passport at the hotel lol I have booked in to a hotel that's only 25 minutes on public transport to get to Times Square so will save time and money commuting this time. I want to revisit Central Park - hoping it snows - and go on the Statten Island ferry. Maybe I can catch another show too.
21 December 2011 - went for another run - someone must have gone out during the night and made that damn hill steeper - was tougher than yesterday lol
Got on the internet and have booked to fly from Little Rock to New York on December 26. I will be there for 16 days till I fly to Iceland on January 12. Will get to see the New Year in in Times Square ...hmmmm.... may leave my purse and Passport at the hotel lol I have booked in to a hotel that's only 25 minutes on public transport to get to Times Square so will save time and money commuting this time. I want to revisit Central Park - hoping it snows - and go on the Statten Island ferry. Maybe I can catch another show too.
Monday 19 December 2011
Lazy days
19 December 2011 - caught up on some more sleep. I'm getting very used to this lazy life although I did go for another run. Up the hill and down twice and a fleeting thought of doing it three times....maybe tomorrow lol
The weather is unusually warm for this time of the year apparently so the chances of getting a white Christmas are as about as likely as snow in Alice Springs in December hehehehe When I head north after Christmas I will almost certainly see some snow and of course I will expect to see heaps of it in Iceland and London in January. If not I'll want to know why!!!!
Lee left Hawaii today to return to Adelaide and I feel even sadder than I did when she left LA to go to Hawaii...it seems more the end of something. She sky dived again in Hawaii so that's 3 times she has done it. I'll have to do it again now in UK and then back in Oz so I'll have done it on 3 continents and to catch up with her!!
The weather is unusually warm for this time of the year apparently so the chances of getting a white Christmas are as about as likely as snow in Alice Springs in December hehehehe When I head north after Christmas I will almost certainly see some snow and of course I will expect to see heaps of it in Iceland and London in January. If not I'll want to know why!!!!
Lee left Hawaii today to return to Adelaide and I feel even sadder than I did when she left LA to go to Hawaii...it seems more the end of something. She sky dived again in Hawaii so that's 3 times she has done it. I'll have to do it again now in UK and then back in Oz so I'll have done it on 3 continents and to catch up with her!!
Sunday 18 December 2011
San Diego to Arkansas
15 December to 18 December 2011 - Well!! What can I say - the train trip was very very long - 55 hours and sleep was in short supply due train announcements, stops, starts etc etc. The actual seating was excellent - lots of leg room and comfortable seats. The train is called the Texas Eagle and most of the travel was through Arizona and New Mexico and Texas which means a lot of flat empty land - made me homesick for Australia lol but saw no kangaroos. I saw the Border Patrol at work in one area - helicoptors and lots of cars and flashing lights. They must have caught up with some illegals crossing the border.
I also met some lovely people - Dawn and Kassidy - from Arizona. They were on the way to Chicago to spend Christmas with Dawn's folks. I felt for them - I got off the train at 11.30 at night on Friday and they still had to travel till 2 pm the next day. Like I said - it is such a long trip.
I was lucky that Paul Slater had put some movies on a portable hard drive for me and I set my computer up and watched about a dozen movies. Kept me out of trouble and helped pass the time away.
I will admit to having another purse "incident" but this time it turned out much better and it was returned to me. I think if I hadn't got it back I would have thought three times and you're out and would have caught the next plane back to Oz. :( It leaves such a sick feeling in your stomach when you realise it isn't where it should be.
After arriving in Little Rock on Friday night I got a cab to my motel. The taxi driver was a friend of Bill Clinton's and showed me some photos on his phone of the two of them together. He also stated "he never had sex with that woman either" lol It was about 1.30 by the time I was in bed and the next thing I knew it was light outside and someone was knocking at my door. I was cranky thinking "why is someone waking me up so damn early" - it was housekeeping and it was 11 am hehehe....I had been in such a deep sleep too...at least I caught up with the last 3 or 4 nights sleep.
Kae and Ang picked me up about midday (YAY!!!) and we went to the Dixie Cafe for lunch- great food and so nice to be back with Kae and Ang.
Got up today and actually went for a run - it felt so good after so long cooped up in the car getting fatter by the minute :) I was very slow but it was a cold crisp morning and it felt wonderful - I was very tired after :) If I'm not in pain tomorrow I'll go again.
Ang outdid himself today and cooked ribs - so yummy - had seconds which I shouldn't have but couldn't resist!! Life is good.
I also met some lovely people - Dawn and Kassidy - from Arizona. They were on the way to Chicago to spend Christmas with Dawn's folks. I felt for them - I got off the train at 11.30 at night on Friday and they still had to travel till 2 pm the next day. Like I said - it is such a long trip.
I was lucky that Paul Slater had put some movies on a portable hard drive for me and I set my computer up and watched about a dozen movies. Kept me out of trouble and helped pass the time away.
I will admit to having another purse "incident" but this time it turned out much better and it was returned to me. I think if I hadn't got it back I would have thought three times and you're out and would have caught the next plane back to Oz. :( It leaves such a sick feeling in your stomach when you realise it isn't where it should be.
After arriving in Little Rock on Friday night I got a cab to my motel. The taxi driver was a friend of Bill Clinton's and showed me some photos on his phone of the two of them together. He also stated "he never had sex with that woman either" lol It was about 1.30 by the time I was in bed and the next thing I knew it was light outside and someone was knocking at my door. I was cranky thinking "why is someone waking me up so damn early" - it was housekeeping and it was 11 am hehehe....I had been in such a deep sleep too...at least I caught up with the last 3 or 4 nights sleep.
Kae and Ang picked me up about midday (YAY!!!) and we went to the Dixie Cafe for lunch- great food and so nice to be back with Kae and Ang.
Got up today and actually went for a run - it felt so good after so long cooped up in the car getting fatter by the minute :) I was very slow but it was a cold crisp morning and it felt wonderful - I was very tired after :) If I'm not in pain tomorrow I'll go again.
Ang outdid himself today and cooked ribs - so yummy - had seconds which I shouldn't have but couldn't resist!! Life is good.
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