Monthly Archives: July 2010

Videos!

AUSTRALIA! Driving around in AUSTRALIA! (At the end of this video, Jenn asks me which way to go, I tell her one way and then quickly realize that it’s not right and turn the video off.

 

Feeding the Kangaroos!

 

Koalas.

 

And echidna getting some exercise.

 

Lorikeets. They were a ton of fun to feed.

 

My BP social commentary video featuring Elyssa Williams.

 

Elyssa trying to do something we all mastered in grade school. But then again, she was homeschooled…

 

We went to the top of the tallest building in Australia, and what else did we talk about but jumping off?

 

Miles from Home

Round building

This is one of the cool buildings here.

 

Telstra

Telstra, cousin of evil Telnor.

 

Seashell

 

Sand Castle

 

Desserts at McDonald's

Desserts at McDonald’s have gotten fancy.

 

YUM!

Who would not want to eat these?

 

Lemonade

I think it’s sprite.

 

Chicken Mac and Cheese

Gummy Dinosaurs

Delicious!

 

Gas Prices

Close to the same prices at home.

 

Tim Tams

These are pretty darn good.

 

Sleepy

Hehe. Revenge!

 

Broken LCD

So this was my surprise that I got when I unpacked. Que Triste! It still takes pictures but sadly I can’t see them till I put them on my computer.

 

Bowling

Jenn driving

Jenn driving the rental car. Quite scary, but we’re all still alive. 😀

 

Eggnog

I think this might be a big factory in why I want to move here. Who’s seen eggnog this late in the year?

 

Banana Milk

Tasty!

 

Weet Bix

Riding on the wrong side of the road

Feast

In the Ocean

 

Steak and Egg Wrap

 

Hungry Jack's

 

GCI

 

View from my room

 

 

LOL 50

 

I WUV U

 

Hot One

 

I've been ARK'D

I watched the Proverbial Sunrise…

… 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.

Chasing the Setting Sun

Always westward my heart is pointed. It always has been. Growing up westward is where everything was: the cities, the ocean, and family and the road trips to visit them. Going west was a constant adventure. Even now, as an adult my heart points west. My hometown is in the west; it’s my mecca of friends and family, trees and mountains. Cool lakes for the hot, dry summers.

As I’m writing this, I am on a plane going west. Going so far west that the world will change. The setting sun we’re chasing will become the rising sun. So far that even this hot and humid summer will be replaced by a cool coastal winter.

And there I will work, I will play, I will adventure.

My heart will long now for the east, to California and past to Texas.

I’ll say my goodbyes, and fly back to greet the setting sun and catch it in the air.

But not without leaving a piece of heart in the form of a little sister in the far west, the land of the setting sun.