… Coming up over the Pacific. (You might think i’m losing my mind, but I’ll shy away from the specifics. Cause i don’t want you to know where I am, cause then you’ll see my heart in the sadest state it’s ever been.)
But for reals, I did manage to watch the sunrise come up over the Pacific. It’s normally where I’ve seen it set. I thought it was pretty cool, and since i had been up since 5:30, I figured I might as well catch it. It’s not every day you get to see the sunrise and who knows when I would get to see it again.
Anyway – He’s some photos from the flight and travel over. It took up about 33 and half hours to get to the hotel from the office door.
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We got to the airport at a half past a stroller.
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This is me with my travel buddy, Elyssa. I can’t seem to go anywhere without her tagging along.
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This is one of the reasons we’re traveling a whole world away, to leave this one so she can get some schooling.
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This is where I waned and wished that you were here with me.
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This is my lovely view on the Dallas to SFO flight.
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And what I saw out the window.
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But I did manage to see quite a bit through this little crack
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Including a 4 hour sunset
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Me, playing with my forward facing camera
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Elyssa and Arika
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The flight juice.
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Some crazy clouds.
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SFO, where I bribed the Qantas lady to do all our Visas with a stack of Mother’s Iced Oatmeal cookies and she still did them wrong.
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My sleeping mask. Cause I’m a pirate! ARRG… JK! Ninjas forever!!!1!
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End of part one. And we said our good byes and continued on our way, sans Arika.
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Flying into Surfer’s Paradise/Gold Coast.
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Awesome flowers at the airport.
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I went rattlesnake hunting and actually captured some.
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This is Surfer’s Paradise
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The view from my hotel room.
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Menu for Midgets.
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Old suit of armor.
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Sunrise.