tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-215321702024-03-14T06:59:40.490+09:30Jan's JunkThis is all about Jan & Grant and anything relevant at the time. For all our family and friends please leave a comment for me as then I will know who visits. Just click on the "comments" at the bottom of any posting. Even if you only leave your name, it would be greatly appreciated .........ENJOYJanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505104863079112703noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21532170.post-37057303570745668152012-01-17T05:47:00.001+09:302012-01-17T05:47:07.910+09:30Heading Home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #ffe599;">We are now in Dallas Texas waiting to get our flight home, yesterday we drove 550 miles and at least eighty of it was through the swamps and Bayou country. It was a long exhausting day and we were happy to see Dallas and a nice hotel room with HOT SHOWERS. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8;">See you all back in Australia after we fly direct from Dallas to Brisbane........Premium Economy.</span>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505104863079112703noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21532170.post-13735112602940676672012-01-17T05:24:00.000+09:302012-01-17T05:26:10.437+09:30Still New Orleans<span style="color: #b4a7d6;">Some of the photo's that were left out of the Pardi Gras parade for you to see.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6;">We also went to this great place called "Howl at the Moon" and listened to the Pianos which has many piano players that have two playing one after the other for their set then two more come in and relieve them so that there is always someone playing...it was great.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">We have been on a couple of tours while we are here the first one being the graveyard tour.....was really hoping to see a Jazz funeral but none were happening. The graves are built up not dug down and the process of family tombs was really interesting.</span><br />
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This is the grave of the Voodoo Queen and these are offerings left by visitors.<br />
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In the afternoon we went on a horse and buggy tour of the Garden district to see all the old mansions.<br />
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Yes these are private homes and they all seem to have "Carriage House's" attached that the teenagers often move into or sometimes they are rented out....be rather cool to live in one of them. Many Hollywood stars own houses here as its a quieter life here for them and as long as they stay away from Bourbon Street they are not hassled by the locals</div>
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It was absolutely freezing and I must admit I thought it would be a bit warmer here as we are right o the Gulf of Mexico. The only bad thing here is there is no HOT water in this hotel and its just luke warm so with the really cold weather I cant wait for a long hot shower when we get to Dallas tomorrow night.<br />
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We are staying in the French Quarter of New Orleans and we are only one block from Bourbon Street and we have really been having fun and last night we were lucky enough to be here for Pardi Gras which is a smaller version than Mardi Gras. It was great to see the floats go by and they through strings of beads to the crowds to try and catch.....I caught about 20 or so and they will be great to add to my dress up box for the Grand Kids.<br />
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We have done lots of shopping and have plenty to show for the trip. Tomorrow we head out to Dallas and we are flying out in 2 days.............so sad it has come to an end........<br />
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When we fly out we have requested an upgrade to Business class so please everyone cross your fingers and toes so that we get granted the seats.........<br />
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Today we drove over Lake Pontchartrain via the Causeway and it is the longest bridge about 28 miles long from memory....sort of weird to just drive out into the wide blue yonder...............Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505104863079112703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21532170.post-61286848447039797392012-01-10T00:02:00.001+09:302012-01-10T02:46:49.685+09:30Off to JacksonvilleWe left Louisville very early....8am....one cold and frosty morning after scraping the ice off the windscreen and headed down to Cave City just near Bowling Green Ky. There was a light snow laying on the ground and it was very pretty but cold in the wind.<br />
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We went to see 2 caves in an area that has the largest cave system in the world.....of course we didn't have time to see much of it but what we saw was beautiful.<br />
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That night we stayed in a Wigwam and near froze to death. I placed all the blankets from the 2nd bed in the room onto our bed and I wore my thermals..... top and bottom..... and my Grannie Flannie's and my warm sox.<br />
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The next day we headed down through Tennessee and we kept seeing these signs for Ruby Falls over a hundred mile stretch. We also saw a sign for a Armory so we stopped in there so Grant could feel the testosterone flow through his veins.</div>
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It is a lot warmer in Jacksonville and we have bee down to St Augustine for some shopping and I think it is a great place with shops that sell things you can't get anywhere else. Grant has bought a Panama Hat the same style that Sean Connery wore in one of his movies.</div>
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We drove to Louisville (Luuuvllll) and as Grant had been feeling unwell I drove for a while. We arrived at Frankie's (Toms other half sister's house) and all of the family were there and we celebrated our second Christmas. It was a great day and I had never seen so many presents. <br />
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<em><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Verdana;">Pat and Janice produce just about all the food that they eat for themselves and when they kill a hog, as they did the week or so before we arrived, they butcher it and do their own curing and smoking of their meats. We have been having the crispiest and best sugar cured bacon.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Verdana;">Janice had the ham picked out for Christmas dinner and needed to take it to one of the butchers in town to get sliced...well the ham was 34 lbs which is just under 15.5 kg and really big.....the guy at the butcher said leave it her and we will get it done.....Janice wanted to take it and bring it back when they would be doing it and the guy said no leave it or we wont be able to do it before Christmas. Janice said she wasn't happy about leaving a home cured country ham but the guy insisted and said they would <span style="color: #c27ba0;">look after it.</span></span></em><br />
<span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>The next day we get a call that it is ready to be picked up and so we get changed and drive to <span style="color: #c27ba0;">town</span> it took about 3/4 hour and when we got there they said that 1/2 hour previously that a lady with the same surname had picked it up............Janice was totally devestated to say the least. After much discussion we left the shop with the understanding that this was not over yet.</em></span><br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;"><em><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The next afternoon they called and said they had tracked down the lady and got the ham back and we could pick it up.......which we did .....immediately.....</span></em></span><br />
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<em><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Verdana;">Last night we went to a Place called Patties for dinner and the house speciality is a 2" thick Pork Loin Chop</span></em> . <span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>We had an excellent dinner and a great time. The whole place was decorated for christmas and the lights were amazing. On the way there we drove to The Land Between the Lakes and saw some Buffalo and Elk.And Yes Melissa....Grant wore a jumper.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5Jq6Du2mnTU/TvTMd358j0I/AAAAAAAAApw/HBqpFYxfyko/s1600/IMG_0153.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iMXlVN4N4z0/TvTOczt931I/AAAAAAAAAp8/CYEjXrFO4NM/s1600/IMG_0155.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iMXlVN4N4z0/TvTOczt931I/AAAAAAAAAp8/CYEjXrFO4NM/s320/IMG_0155.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5Jq6Du2mnTU/TvTMd358j0I/AAAAAAAAApw/HBqpFYxfyko/s1600/IMG_0153.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5Jq6Du2mnTU/TvTMd358j0I/AAAAAAAAApw/HBqpFYxfyko/s320/IMG_0153.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qPObBzjlJ7g/TvTQK7dSazI/AAAAAAAAAqU/p5rCDPo0pII/s1600/IMG_0163.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qPObBzjlJ7g/TvTQK7dSazI/AAAAAAAAAqU/p5rCDPo0pII/s320/IMG_0163.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bDuR24Tjy9Y/TvTPcmyZ_jI/AAAAAAAAAqI/F5LcLmBnxdw/s1600/IMG_0162.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bDuR24Tjy9Y/TvTPcmyZ_jI/AAAAAAAAAqI/F5LcLmBnxdw/s320/IMG_0162.JPG" width="240" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N0If6ud1480/TvTR0mWzxKI/AAAAAAAAAqg/CmO-22VUdiQ/s1600/IMG_0160.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N0If6ud1480/TvTR0mWzxKI/AAAAAAAAAqg/CmO-22VUdiQ/s320/IMG_0160.JPG" width="320" /></a>While I have the laptop hooked up to Janice's ADSL, Grand is out working with Pat in the tobacco shed and they are loading the bundles of tobacco onto the trailer<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NLySlIkSj2I/TvTWWp5pzyI/AAAAAAAAAq4/yvYAlcSfXy4/s1600/IMG_0177.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NLySlIkSj2I/TvTWWp5pzyI/AAAAAAAAAq4/yvYAlcSfXy4/s320/IMG_0177.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q1hV93OdoTU/TvTXCwaCmFI/AAAAAAAAArE/CHO4Sz-F-ao/s1600/IMG_0182.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q1hV93OdoTU/TvTXCwaCmFI/AAAAAAAAArE/CHO4Sz-F-ao/s320/IMG_0182.JPG" width="320" /></a>I know its dark but my phone dowsn't have a flash.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nU-WtUkzzzQ/TvTXzhaWCII/AAAAAAAAArQ/-jPVatym6PQ/s1600/IMG_0184.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nU-WtUkzzzQ/TvTXzhaWCII/AAAAAAAAArQ/-jPVatym6PQ/s320/IMG_0184.JPG" width="320" /></a> This is the shed he is working in.</em></span>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505104863079112703noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21532170.post-21126327700752960832011-12-24T03:26:00.001+09:302011-12-24T03:26:40.559+09:30Nashville Stopover<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">We arrived in Tennessee on Sunday evening at 5.30 pm and it was already so dark and it felt like midnight.</span> <span style="color: #6fa8dc;">We hired a car at the airport. For the un-initiated thats a Lamborgini..........not really we got a white Ford ......boring but comfortable.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">We found a place to stay for 2 nights and went to Shoneys for dinner....don't think we will go to one of them again.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Next day breakfast at the Waffel House and had a great breakfast and then went shopping...bought some warm clothes to wear while we are here.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Walked our feet off at nthe Mall and didn't get around to all the stores. Went back to our room and Grant fell asleep while I wrapped all the christmas presents and sorted them into the groups for our 2 christmas's we are having.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Dinner that night at Ruby Tuesdays.And yes Melissa grant was showing what a tough bronzed Aussie he is by not wearing a jumper........<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6FGF3jg28zc/TvTADPLYInI/AAAAAAAAAo0/toedLzhmhhQ/s1600/IMG_0122.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>whereas I was wearing 3 layers............... <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6FGF3jg28zc/TvTADPLYInI/AAAAAAAAAo0/toedLzhmhhQ/s1600/IMG_0122.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6FGF3jg28zc/TvTADPLYInI/AAAAAAAAAo0/toedLzhmhhQ/s320/IMG_0122.JPG" width="240" /></a>Grant was keen to head out to Kentucky the next day so we didn't do the tourist thing in Nashville this time......and we are still feeling jet lagged.</span>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505104863079112703noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21532170.post-48968365789306144772011-12-18T23:40:00.001+09:302011-12-24T03:05:07.070+09:30Visiting LA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Well here we are in the land of bright lights and traffic. We arrived at 6.30 am and must say that I hope never to catch the flight again that goes via Auckland.....just too tiring. Got through customs and immigration very fast and found our shuttle bus waiting. We took off with a half full bus then we realized that the bus driver had just circled around and arrived back where he picked us up from and waited for a couple more people to arrive. When all the seats were filled we headed out to Santa Monica. The hotel is right by the pier and easy walking to the shops. The only thing about the shops in Santa Monica is that they are the big name shops and as I am hoping for some cheaper than Australia type of shopping we will wait till we get to Nashville..<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nQL0ENsTrdk/TvS56QDxo_I/AAAAAAAAAn4/bcGoVl1r2Ps/s1600/IMG_0070.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nQL0ENsTrdk/TvS56QDxo_I/AAAAAAAAAn4/bcGoVl1r2Ps/s320/IMG_0070.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
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Yesterday we did a bus tour of LA. They picked us up at the hotel and off we drove and around the block we went and arrived right back where we started .......twice..... Whats with that???<br />
I am very glad we did the tour because we now know that we prefer to find our own way around the tourist sights. Some things it was a case of \'blink and you miss it\' and other times it was \' I would love to show you that but the tour busses are not allowed to go there anymore\'.<br />
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We go to Nashville today and once again I can say I am very glad to be leaving LA. Sort of a shame that I feel so strongly about the city of my birth. Just a country girl at heart.Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505104863079112703noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21532170.post-748816174471003062011-12-16T04:41:00.001+09:302011-12-16T04:41:11.462+09:30The Journey BeginsWe are on our way. Got up at the totally ungodly hour of 4 am after a very short night sleep. We were getting the elevator downstairs at the hotel and the lift doors closed very quickly and they grabbed Grant and for a short time, thankfully, they kept closing. I started to have visions of a squashed Grant being ripped apart by the lift. Anyway it finally let go and we got to the airport. Checked in and these days at the check- in if you are traveling on two passports and one is the US one and your traveling to the USA, that\'s the one you have to show not theAustralian one as they start their screening process for entry into the States even before you board your flight. Totally messed up the lady at check-in as I of course had to give her the wrong passport. She wasn\'t very happy with me.. Got to go and get flight.....more laterJanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505104863079112703noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21532170.post-56927544189188380912009-08-17T08:38:00.002+09:302009-08-17T08:51:21.967+09:30A Day on the Adelaide River, Northern Territory<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzVJTGT4Mwa0N82wRiOZayK5yQOFv_2XsN7FOv9VpmnG_h4WbnUE5BDIPsFsSZhjQiZkOPcvWfiU1I' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><span style="color:#cccccc;">For those of my family and friends who occassionally check to see if I have made any new entries, here is one from yesterday. I was about 2 feet away from this crocodile and he was a very aggressive one...so glad I didn't fall overboard.</span>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505104863079112703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21532170.post-78482714475520641142009-04-16T18:30:00.004+09:302009-04-16T18:42:57.566+09:30Living In Darwin<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Seb1XLT9ooI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/v-WmjwjQ4bY/s1600-h/DSCF0470.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325213387934507650" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Seb1XLT9ooI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/v-WmjwjQ4bY/s320/DSCF0470.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Seb0pyGz-4I/AAAAAAAAAmI/2bbiV6oJKpg/s1600-h/DSCF0471.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325212608074349442" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Seb0pyGz-4I/AAAAAAAAAmI/2bbiV6oJKpg/s320/DSCF0471.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#ffcccc;">Well here we are and here we will stay for a while.....Given our past record it should be less than 4 years....</span><span style="color:#ffcccc;">We are renting this house for the next year and we are very comfortable here. Over the next few days or week I will try and add a few postings and show some pictures of Darwin and its surrounds...It had been so long since I had posted any information I had forgotten hoe to do it so I am learning all over again....so bear with me please.....</span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ffcccc;"></span></div><br /><div></div></div>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505104863079112703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21532170.post-46556452378199729032008-07-01T14:53:00.001+09:302008-07-01T14:55:51.762+09:30Holiday Time<span style="color:#990000;">Keep watch as I am off on a short trip on Tuesday 8th July for 1 week, so until then.......BYE</span>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505104863079112703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21532170.post-7907688889100881312008-06-17T15:54:00.003+09:302008-06-17T16:02:59.640+09:30NEW CAR<span style="color:#990000;">Here is my beautiful new car....just photos.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/SFdaCE3FSuI/AAAAAAAAAZM/YpbtILJUuPM/s1600-h/2008_06140008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212734085415652066" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/SFdaCE3FSuI/AAAAAAAAAZM/YpbtILJUuPM/s320/2008_06140008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/SFdaDJ2UKEI/AAAAAAAAAZU/xkpyBzbJ8jE/s1600-h/2008_06140009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212734103934478402" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/SFdaDJ2UKEI/AAAAAAAAAZU/xkpyBzbJ8jE/s320/2008_06140009.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/SFdaD7HzDdI/AAAAAAAAAZc/TFJjpxyCiGc/s1600-h/2008_06150007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212734117161143762" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/SFdaD7HzDdI/AAAAAAAAAZc/TFJjpxyCiGc/s320/2008_06150007.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/SFdZNaQAvQI/AAAAAAAAAZE/FlNzbInik6o/s1600-h/2008_06150003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212733180624289026" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/SFdZNaQAvQI/AAAAAAAAAZE/FlNzbInik6o/s320/2008_06150003.JPG" border="0" /></a>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505104863079112703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21532170.post-75211938533984689742007-09-30T01:37:00.000+09:302007-09-30T02:36:17.533+09:30Cleaning and Packing<div></div><div>Time for all good things to come to an end, the last night in the RV was spent cleaning the fridge out and clean the bathroom as it needed to be returned by 11am the next day.<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rv6AkjeniiI/AAAAAAAAAYc/suoSmb0kcTA/s1600-h/DSCF4230.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115667592226769442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rv6AkjeniiI/AAAAAAAAAYc/suoSmb0kcTA/s320/DSCF4230.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The next <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">morning</span> on our way to Santa Fe Springs...the RV place, we went to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Claremont</span> to the street where I once lived 57 years ago...yes I am that old..<br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rv6BaDenijI/AAAAAAAAAYk/hgEhcKWzvF0/s1600-h/DSCF4232.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115668511349770802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rv6BaDenijI/AAAAAAAAAYk/hgEhcKWzvF0/s320/DSCF4232.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div><br /><p>And our house was still there, for me it was quite a thrill to see it, and to know that the area has not <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">descended</span> to becoming just another 'hood' was nice to see.<br /></p><p><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rv6CpTenikI/AAAAAAAAAYs/8mFhGbRf6LE/s1600-h/DSCF1990.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115669872854403650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rv6CpTenikI/AAAAAAAAAYs/8mFhGbRf6LE/s320/DSCF1990.JPG" border="0" /></a> We then..with Percy's help..navigated the LA Freeway system for one final time and said Farewell to 'The Beast' and we then taken by shuttle bus to our motel near LAX Airport. </p><p>We realised that we needed one more suitcase to return home with all our purchases so we caught a cab to Costco and got such a good deal on a set of 2 bags that we could do a little more shopping...which we did. </p><p>While we were waiting for a cab to take us back to the motel Grant commented on how our children 'really shouldn't allow us out'..</p><p>My only hope now is that I remembered everyone as over a seven week period it is easy to forget what has been purchased.<br /></p><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rv6DjDenilI/AAAAAAAAAY0/YpxKdAIwdmA/s1600-h/DSCF1993.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115670864991849042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rv6DjDenilI/AAAAAAAAAY0/YpxKdAIwdmA/s320/DSCF1993.JPG" border="0" /></a>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505104863079112703noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21532170.post-86649736006256086202007-09-30T01:14:00.000+09:302007-09-30T01:37:01.905+09:30Highway 1This Blog is just some of the photos we took during our drive down Highway 1 to show the diversity of scenery we saw over the two days of driving.<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rv53jDenidI/AAAAAAAAAXw/XN31aANp6QE/s1600-h/DSCF1826.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115657670852315602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rv53jDenidI/AAAAAAAAAXw/XN31aANp6QE/s320/DSCF1826.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rv53YDenicI/AAAAAAAAAXo/kALZBsH9OfE/s1600-h/DSCF1827.JPG"></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rv52qzeniaI/AAAAAAAAAXc/yV3x_ZBQpJY/s1600-h/DSCF1830.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115656704484673954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rv52qzeniaI/AAAAAAAAAXc/yV3x_ZBQpJY/s320/DSCF1830.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rv52VDeniZI/AAAAAAAAAXU/dAdpqVT4vT8/s1600-h/DSCF4226.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115656330822519186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rv52VDeniZI/AAAAAAAAAXU/dAdpqVT4vT8/s320/DSCF4226.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rv52EDeniYI/AAAAAAAAAXM/ldl59FBEeYc/s1600-h/DSCF4216.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115656038764743042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rv52EDeniYI/AAAAAAAAAXM/ldl59FBEeYc/s320/DSCF4216.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rv51oDeniXI/AAAAAAAAAXE/FJ8bwoqoJSk/s1600-h/DSCF1864.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115655557728405874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rv51oDeniXI/AAAAAAAAAXE/FJ8bwoqoJSk/s320/DSCF1864.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rv51RjeniWI/AAAAAAAAAW8/fMog63oxU10/s1600-h/DSCF1892.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115655171181349218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rv51RjeniWI/AAAAAAAAAW8/fMog63oxU10/s320/DSCF1892.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rv500DeniVI/AAAAAAAAAW0/MfJSOFYSBko/s1600-h/DSCF1967.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115654664375208274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rv500DeniVI/AAAAAAAAAW0/MfJSOFYSBko/s320/DSCF1967.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rv50oDeniUI/AAAAAAAAAWs/MurPbPf1So8/s1600-h/DSCF1972.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115654458216778050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rv50oDeniUI/AAAAAAAAAWs/MurPbPf1So8/s320/DSCF1972.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rv5zpDeniTI/AAAAAAAAAWk/6nPa5revwcE/s1600-h/DSCF1977.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115653375885019442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rv5zpDeniTI/AAAAAAAAAWk/6nPa5revwcE/s320/DSCF1977.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rv5zKTeniSI/AAAAAAAAAWc/S6yp_sV_wEs/s1600-h/DSCF1984.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115652847604042018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rv5zKTeniSI/AAAAAAAAAWc/S6yp_sV_wEs/s320/DSCF1984.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505104863079112703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21532170.post-72341997582982079022007-09-28T12:23:00.000+09:302007-09-28T12:45:21.562+09:30Full CircleAfter spending 3 relaxing days at Tom and Colleens house just organising our packing and washing clothes and just sitting around talking with not having to drive anywhere, it was time to start our homeward journey.<br /><br />We have travelled down to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">San Francisco</span> and only stopped at the Stanford Shopping Centre...so the person who had a request will have something to keep him warm during his <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">convalescence</span>... then we turned onto Highway 1 and we have seen the wonderful coastline and gritted our teeth as we wound around the mountainous coastline, then it took full concentration to drive the Freeway's of LA and tonight we are staying in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">KOA</span> at Pomona California, the suburb of my birth and tomorrow morning we will be cleaning out the van and returning it to the Rental Co. On the way we will drive by the house that I lived in as a newborn.<br /><br />I have tried numerous times to add a photo to this entry but for some reason known only to the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">blog world</span> it is not doing any for me tonight.Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505104863079112703noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21532170.post-62329282926004556032007-09-25T04:28:00.001+09:302007-09-25T05:34:16.666+09:30Tahoe and Beyond<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvgR9DeniQI/AAAAAAAAAWM/TO6ewcFVIIc/s1600-h/DSCF1805.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113857117482617090" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvgR9DeniQI/AAAAAAAAAWM/TO6ewcFVIIc/s320/DSCF1805.JPG" border="0" /></a> During the night it started to rain, usually that means its not going to be too cold, but not at Lake Tahoe and it was just above freezing and the temperature was 20deg. below normal. Being set up for summer, we just about froze and during the night I had put on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">sox</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">tracky</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">daks</span>, and my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">hoodie</span>, and I was still cold. At about 5.30 am I thought I might get up but then I thought it would be warmer to stay in bed...then I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">thought</span> it would be nice to get up and turn on the heater...what was that thought...HEATER ..yes we have a heater...WARMTH...shame the brain just doesn't work in the middle of the night...<br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvgQrDeniOI/AAAAAAAAAV8/76ndoew1o10/s1600-h/DSCF4174.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113855708733343970" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvgQrDeniOI/AAAAAAAAAV8/76ndoew1o10/s320/DSCF4174.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>We decided to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">catch</span> the local <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Trolley</span> Bus downtown and have a hot breakfast and we eventually found somewhere to eat and had to give our name and wait 20 minutes until a table was ready. After breakfast we wandered around and shopped some more and bought ourselves a warm jacket each and some gloves. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>We were going to take a ride in the chairlift but due to the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">possibility</span> of lightning in the area it wasn't operating, so we found a cosy PUB and had a few drinks and a BLT and then walked back to the campground. We then enjoyed the rest of the afternoon doing nothing <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">in particular</span> and had an early <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">night</span> as we planned to leave for my cousin Tom's house on the other side of the mountains. He lives in the foothills of the Sierra <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Madre</span>' Mountains which is still pretty high up. </div><br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvgVJzeniRI/AAAAAAAAAWU/sng1aZmnq64/s1600-h/DSCF4194.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113860635060832530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvgVJzeniRI/AAAAAAAAAWU/sng1aZmnq64/s320/DSCF4194.JPG" border="0" /></a>Last night we saw the skunk that comes up to the house to eat the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">cat food</span> and we didn't get to see the bear that usually comes around on Rubbish Night and knocks over the Bins, and the children are not allowed out at dawn or dusk as there are <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Coyotes</span>, Mountain Lions, Foxes, Bears and Lynx(Bobcats).. so once it got near dark I just stayed inside...who <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">said</span> I was chicken.....ME<br /> Today we have spent the morning packing our bags to see how we are going to manage all we have purchased. We should just be OK with no spare room and only one large heavy (62lb)box that will either be shipped or excess baggage.Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505104863079112703noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21532170.post-90309426227348465962007-09-23T00:50:00.000+09:302007-09-23T01:53:09.618+09:30California Dreamin<div>We arrived in South Lake Tahoe after dark last night and all I have had time to do so far is dream. We just about froze to death as we are high up into the mountains, and we really are not set up for cold weather. We are having a day off driving today to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">sight see</span>, but its a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">miserable</span> day, so it will be indoor sightseeing. </div><div>We have seen some beautiful scenery in the last few days. With those last few photos I had previously posted, they were just the tip of the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">iceberg</span>. It becomes sensory overload after a while. </div><div><br /><div>The photo of me out on the rock was real, i had to climb down..fairly easy if a bit slippery...and then just walk out onto a rock that had at least a 1000 ft drop on 3 sides, then climb back up...quite difficult due to it being slippery. Grant elected to be the photographer and stay WAY back.</div><br /><p><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvU2XDeniHI/AAAAAAAAAVE/0BkpaXCVhbY/s1600-h/DSCF4104.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113052721647683698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvU2XDeniHI/AAAAAAAAAVE/0BkpaXCVhbY/s320/DSCF4104.JPG" border="0" /></a> In this photo he got me to wriggle backwards and then lean back.. I told him to make sure I wasn't too close....good thing he likes having me around.</p><div>After we left the Grand Canyon we decided to drive to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Las</span> Vegas for the night as it would keep us ahead of schedule....To get to Vegas we wanted to drive Highway 93 and we kept seeing signs that no trucks or commercial vehicles were to take that Route as Hoover Dam is Under Construction. We just kept hoping that it wouldn't mean us and of course it didn't.</div><br /><div><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">That's</span> where the Homeland Security was there to inspect vehicles. We had to open the outside storage and allow them to inspect inside the van too.<br />The Dam is a Huge Tourist attraction in itself and they are creating it in a way that it looks like it belongs there and is not some crass eyesore. We were really impressed.<br />While I was in the gift shop buying a magnet the guy who owns it is a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Queenland</span> boy and he slipped quickly in to his Aussie accent while talking to me.<br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvU5vzeniII/AAAAAAAAAVM/tLP2QN_o2lk/s1600-h/PIC_0001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113056445384329346" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvU5vzeniII/AAAAAAAAAVM/tLP2QN_o2lk/s320/PIC_0001.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We then <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">headed</span> through Boulder, the only Nevada City that has a No Gambling Law and on to Vegas......the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">KOA</span> we were planning to stay at was no longer there.. so we were right in the middle of The Strip and in our big rig looking for an RV Park...Thank God for Percy...that's the name of our GPS, he found us a very nice place close by called the Oasis RV Resort.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Next morning we started out on a sunny day and went into the desert, dressed for a hot day...well it rained all the way and got colder and colder.</div><br /><p>We both agreed that if there was one state <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">that</span> we would NOT want to live in over here it would be Nevada... And seeing nothing but desert and desert mountains for hours on end gets very boring.</p><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvU8QTeniJI/AAAAAAAAAVU/ccof-G2qadE/s1600-h/DSCF1779.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113059202753333394" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvU8QTeniJI/AAAAAAAAAVU/ccof-G2qadE/s320/DSCF1779.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>We did see a huge area that was owned by the US Military and Grant said that it would be ammunition dumps...I went for miles.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The divide between <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">the</span> Poor and the Middle Class is huge and the poor really are poor, we have seen nothing like it in Oz.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>We still had to get the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">obligatory</span> photos in the desert but they were really quick stops as I was freezing.</div></div><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvU93jeniKI/AAAAAAAAAVc/oGaytL7HBmI/s1600-h/DSCF4148.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113060976574826658" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvU93jeniKI/AAAAAAAAAVc/oGaytL7HBmI/s320/DSCF4148.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvU-ljeniLI/AAAAAAAAAVk/0hieKDdVNF4/s1600-h/DSCF4151.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113061766848809138" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvU-ljeniLI/AAAAAAAAAVk/0hieKDdVNF4/s320/DSCF4151.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We then drove up over the mountains to get to Lake Tahoe and the road way is cut into the side of the mountain and the drop over the side would not be one you would want to take.<br /><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvVAGDeniMI/AAAAAAAAAVs/zdqFIZinB7s/s1600-h/DSCF4160.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113063424706185410" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvVAGDeniMI/AAAAAAAAAVs/zdqFIZinB7s/s320/DSCF4160.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We did find a place to stop halfway up to let the cars behind us pass, and see a beautiful river that was heading down.Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505104863079112703noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21532170.post-82999437099917886142007-09-21T12:33:00.001+09:302007-09-21T13:11:42.709+09:30Driving Through Four StatesHere are some photo's of our last 3 days driving.. We saw The Painted Desert, The Petrified Forest, The Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam. Our <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">RV</span> was inspected by the Homeland Security <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">before</span> we were allowed to pass into the Hoover Dam Area and then we were allowed to drive on through<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvM8LjeniGI/AAAAAAAAAU8/jxExZGhuYDY/s1600-h/DSCF3975.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112496171195533410" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvM8LjeniGI/AAAAAAAAAU8/jxExZGhuYDY/s320/DSCF3975.JPG" border="0" /></a> .<br /><div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvM7rTeniFI/AAAAAAAAAU0/sgtwYlAFA68/s1600-h/DSCF3981.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112495617144752210" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvM7rTeniFI/AAAAAAAAAU0/sgtwYlAFA68/s320/DSCF3981.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvM7OTeniEI/AAAAAAAAAUs/TS-wOvbeB3c/s1600-h/DSCF4001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112495118928545858" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvM7OTeniEI/AAAAAAAAAUs/TS-wOvbeB3c/s320/DSCF4001.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvM6-TeniDI/AAAAAAAAAUk/YfVliWiPlMs/s1600-h/DSCF4045.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112494844050638898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvM6-TeniDI/AAAAAAAAAUk/YfVliWiPlMs/s320/DSCF4045.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvM6lzeniCI/AAAAAAAAAUc/J6SKt3hyWa8/s1600-h/DSCF4051.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112494423143843874" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvM6lzeniCI/AAAAAAAAAUc/J6SKt3hyWa8/s320/DSCF4051.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvM6WzeniBI/AAAAAAAAAUU/1luEfGuI3_w/s1600-h/DSCF4056.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112494165445806098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvM6WzeniBI/AAAAAAAAAUU/1luEfGuI3_w/s320/DSCF4056.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvM4_DeniAI/AAAAAAAAAUM/_j1bjxcLAis/s1600-h/DSCF4094.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112492657912285186" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvM4_DeniAI/AAAAAAAAAUM/_j1bjxcLAis/s320/DSCF4094.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvM4lTenh_I/AAAAAAAAAUE/C9fF7ieGDXM/s1600-h/DSCF4095.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112492215530653682" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvM4lTenh_I/AAAAAAAAAUE/C9fF7ieGDXM/s320/DSCF4095.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvM3oTenh-I/AAAAAAAAAT8/hGkoR3qjPa4/s1600-h/DSCF4107.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112491167558633442" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvM3oTenh-I/AAAAAAAAAT8/hGkoR3qjPa4/s320/DSCF4107.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvM3VDenh9I/AAAAAAAAAT0/HJ7iwiNYSEM/s1600-h/DSCF4116.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112490836846151634" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvM3VDenh9I/AAAAAAAAAT0/HJ7iwiNYSEM/s320/DSCF4116.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505104863079112703noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21532170.post-39593792948105335712007-09-19T12:24:00.001+09:302007-09-19T12:52:08.970+09:30Great Plains<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvCVgt3unnI/AAAAAAAAATs/gmx-zsanodU/s1600-h/DSCF3955.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111749966367202930" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvCVgt3unnI/AAAAAAAAATs/gmx-zsanodU/s320/DSCF3955.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><div>Last night we stayed at a place called Fort Smith Arkansas and I found some new friends, and i thought they were cute...until...they wanted more of me than I was willing to give.</div><br /><br /><div></div><div>We had an early night as we had a big drive planned for today across the great plains of Texas.</div><br /><div></div><div>We had a nice breakfast at a place called the Cow Poke, it was next to a Gas Station and nothing else for miles</div></div><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvCTAN3unkI/AAAAAAAAATU/OoCvt01sRrM/s1600-h/DSCF1692.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111747208998198850" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvCTAN3unkI/AAAAAAAAATU/OoCvt01sRrM/s320/DSCF1692.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />All in all we drove 560 miles today and managed to have our <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">leisurely</span> breakfast, do some grocery shopping, call in to a western store and see a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">museum</span> along the old Route 66<br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvCUFN3unlI/AAAAAAAAATc/34aeRguD1K8/s1600-h/DSCF3966.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111748394409172562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvCUFN3unlI/AAAAAAAAATc/34aeRguD1K8/s320/DSCF3966.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Time to say goodnight until I am online again<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvCUqt3unmI/AAAAAAAAATk/wnv6aVitarc/s1600-h/DSCF1687.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111749038654266978" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RvCUqt3unmI/AAAAAAAAATk/wnv6aVitarc/s320/DSCF1687.JPG" border="0" /></a></div>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505104863079112703noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21532170.post-64857587390620006192007-09-18T09:20:00.000+09:302007-09-18T09:37:29.234+09:30West of the Mississippi<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Ru8WI9QuoiI/AAAAAAAAATE/7s3cedzhnBk/s1600-h/PIC_0004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111328445228294690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Ru8WI9QuoiI/AAAAAAAAATE/7s3cedzhnBk/s320/PIC_0004.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><p>Just before we crossed the Mighty <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Mississippi</span> River, we went to Graceland and boy do they know how to grab your money...but if I had a money spinner like that I probably would do the same thing.</p><br /><br /><p>At least I went there, the last time I went Elvis was <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">still</span> alive and in residence....unfortunately the day Kathi and I went from New Albany to Memphis to see the mansion, Elvis happened to drive through New Albany and stop at a local store.....</p><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><p>Now we are <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">heading</span> out the old Route 66 all the way west. We made good time so we passed Little Rock. where we planned to stop, and drove to Fort Smith, so we made it all the way across <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Arkansas</span>. </p><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Ru8VqdQuohI/AAAAAAAAAS8/HSxxC_06V6A/s1600-h/PIC_0007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111327921242284562" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Ru8VqdQuohI/AAAAAAAAAS8/HSxxC_06V6A/s320/PIC_0007.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p>Tomorrow we drive across Oklahoma and Texas and into New Mexico and if we make good time we might make it into Arizona. If that happens to all those that scoffed at my itinerary...we will be 2 days ahead of the plan....</p><p> </p><p>We will see what happens...</p></div>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505104863079112703noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21532170.post-38353611957783614512007-09-17T11:15:00.000+09:302007-09-19T12:56:26.628+09:30Into the Past<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Ru3m6dQuofI/AAAAAAAAASs/DDolVx18c2I/s1600-h/DSCF1628.JPG"></a> After a brilliant night out in Nashville we got an early start to go to Mississippi..We decided to go via some small towns instead of mostly freeways to we had a lovely drive through the Tennessee Valley.<br /><br />It was so nice that it started to take longer than we thought so we then got onto the Natchez Trace and we could then travel faster. It was still beautiful but just a more <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">direct</span> way to travel.<br /><br />Arrived at Aunt <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Marguarite's</span> mid afternoon and just felt wonderful to arrive where I had spent so much time when I was 20 years old...John Fletcher arrived and he is just the same as he was back then, Harriet, Joseph, Rob and Julie Ann...then came Steve, Linda and Jay...Some I knew, some I didn't and some had not even been born when I was last here<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Ru3lNdQuoeI/AAAAAAAAASk/O9P3QazDM_U/s1600-h/DSCF3919.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5110993171491234274" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Ru3lNdQuoeI/AAAAAAAAASk/O9P3QazDM_U/s320/DSCF3919.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Ru3jbdQuodI/AAAAAAAAASc/X4hzkDPBgZ8/s1600-h/DSCF3930.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5110991212986147282" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Ru3jbdQuodI/AAAAAAAAASc/X4hzkDPBgZ8/s320/DSCF3930.JPG" border="0" /></a> During the day we went all around New Albany and it has changed allot since I was last here as the now have Kentucky Fried, Taco Bell and a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">WallMart</span>.</div><br /><br /><div>John Fletcher took me to the New Albany <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Cemetery</span> to see some more ancestors graves and also some extra special family member who I was close too.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Then we went back to the house and sat around and told stories about when we were young and had a really good laugh as Aunt <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Marguarite</span> hadn't heard most of them. she really enjoyed it and so did we.<br /></div><br /><br /><div><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Saturday</span> night we went out for supper to a great new <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">restaurant</span> that had a buffet that had all good southern food such as fried catfish, frogs <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">legs</span>, chicken, turnip greens, creamed corn(not as good as mine), peach cobbler and iced tea...well <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">that's</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">pretty much</span> what I ate. After supper we went for Coffee and Cake at Steve and Linda's house and had a great evening..got to bed about midnight.<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Ru3hn9QuocI/AAAAAAAAASU/h8ZyzDo0gIo/s1600-h/DSCF1597.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5110989228711256514" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Ru3hn9QuocI/AAAAAAAAASU/h8ZyzDo0gIo/s320/DSCF1597.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Ru3e8dQuobI/AAAAAAAAASM/6GJegeWlpW0/s1600-h/DSCF1628.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5110986282363691442" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Ru3e8dQuobI/AAAAAAAAASM/6GJegeWlpW0/s320/DSCF1628.JPG" border="0" /></a> On <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Sunday</span> morning we had a slow start to the day then John Fletcher arrived over and he and I went for a drive to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">WallMart</span>. Just as we were driving buy the church, the bolt that holds the spare tire to the underside of the truck, snapped in half and the spare dropped onto the road with a loud bang. It sounded like we had hit something, but I knew we had not, but some guy waved us down and then john Fletcher saw the tire on the road in the rear vision...</div><br /><div>After shopping we went by his place and then out to the farm. It is a beautiful peaceful retreat that Uncle Hardy loved to spend his time.<br /></div><br /><div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Ru3dStQuoaI/AAAAAAAAASE/tNmtLEaamNI/s1600-h/DSCF1648.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5110984465592525218" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Ru3dStQuoaI/AAAAAAAAASE/tNmtLEaamNI/s320/DSCF1648.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><p>We had an open house on Sunday afternoon for all the family who wanted to drop by for a visit...and I saw the rest of my cousins with whom I had visited with in Georgia in 1970 and in Colorado in 1972.. needles to say we had all changed just a bit.</p><p>There was so much food that I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">don't</span> think Grant or I will need to eat next week.</p></div>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505104863079112703noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21532170.post-4081103172436078772007-09-15T22:12:00.000+09:302007-09-15T22:52:25.418+09:30Doing Nashville<div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RuvYkdQuoYI/AAAAAAAAAR0/mcJgDryPbr0/s1600-h/DSCF3908.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5110416323023643010" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RuvYkdQuoYI/AAAAAAAAAR0/mcJgDryPbr0/s320/DSCF3908.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><div>We had a mid morning start to our Nashville day as Susan(our new found friend), who works nights, needed some sleep....so she arrived around 10am and we went to Ernest <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Tubbs</span> Music Store...for the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">un</span>-informed (that includes me)he was a Country Singer. Grant purchased a few <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">CD's</span> and I, some magnets.</div><br /><br /><div>Next Susan took us to a Western Boot Store where the locals shop and I did find a pair of really nice boots, plus a shirt, jeans, belt, and fringed leather jacket. And I look SHARP if I do say so myself....Grant decided on the pose as I only stand around with my foot on a bench when no one is watching.</div><br /><br /><br /><div>Grant got a belt, jeans and 2 shirts...is happy with his R M Williams so didn't want any boots.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>Shopping takes a while so after that we went into Downtown for lunch at the Wild Horse and they have a big screen playing Country clips when there is no live entertainment. They have some full size horse statues attached to the ceiling to make it look like they are at full gallop.</div></div><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RuvX7dQuoXI/AAAAAAAAARs/ONIhgXFcHJ0/s1600-h/DSCF3904.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5110415618649006450" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RuvX7dQuoXI/AAAAAAAAARs/ONIhgXFcHJ0/s320/DSCF3904.JPG" border="0" /></a> We drove around after lunch <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">for</span> a bit to see the sites then went back to the RV for a while as Susan had to start work..While we were driving around, Grant suggested that she do what she was doing for us as a business as it was so good to have a local helping us...we wouldn't have had as much fun if left to our own devices.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>At 7pm she left work just to collect us a deliver us to our evenings entertainment so that we wouldn't have to get a taxi...how nice is that..</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>She showed us where to walk to get to the Blue Bird Cafe and then dropped us at the shopping Centre nearby so we filled in time looking at all the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">electronics</span>..I have discovered that I have become a GEEK..</div><br /><div>The Blue Bird was fabulous.. it was a night for some SOUL and the singer?songwriters were great</div><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RuvbINQuoZI/AAAAAAAAAR8/Wt9AWQWCTOM/s1600-h/IMAGE_008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5110419136227221906" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RuvbINQuoZI/AAAAAAAAAR8/Wt9AWQWCTOM/s320/IMAGE_008.jpg" border="0" /></a>The photo was taken by the phone as we decided not to take <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">the</span> camera and then ..of course ..regretted it.</div><div> </div><div>We got a CD by each of the three performing artists and then Susan arrived to take us back in time to hear 2 more songs from each of the performers.</div><div> </div><div>So if any of you people are about to head to Nashville and want a more local view of the city...we know who to get in touch with.</div>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505104863079112703noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21532170.post-88821593501677305402007-09-14T06:11:00.000+09:302007-09-14T07:26:27.549+09:30G'Day Y'AllThis is your special correspondent Gruntly and it would appear that my first column resulted in an overwhelming response. To the 105 people who responded I will apologise to those who I have not responded to and to those who left offensive messages, bless your hearts. To those who contributed intelligent and thought provoking responses, this is not really one of those Blogs and I suggest that you reply to either the New York Post ( for those in the USA), or The Australian for those in Australia.<br /><br />So lets get on with it.<br /><br />READERS RESPONSES<br /><br />One avid reader responded with corrections to my special correspondence tag "G Day Ya oorl" and I have begrudgingly accepted that it should the revised "G'Day Y'All. So from now on that's is what I will call my column. Thank you Larry for your in put Bless your heart.<br /><br />The difference between a hissy fit and conniption fit is that the hissy fit is for sheilers and the conniption fit is performed by bokes. I will not accept any more correspondence on this one or I will have one.<br /><br />Contrary to all those who thought there actually is a difference in the way water goes down the plug, guess what ? your wrong. In both hemisheres they go down either clockwise or anti clockwise (the opposite to clockwise for the special lady who did not know what that was). If you want to check for yourselves then go to "Myth Busters".<br /><br />To those who have expressed ignorance to who Tony "Stacka" Stanford is I will enlighten you. He is a very good friend who I regard as "SPECIAL". He is over 50 and looks like Paul Hogan with out a face lift. I will accept that the USA brothers and sisters would not know him but to have my own "kin" ( that's family for the unknowing) not To know who he is is a little disconcerting.<br /><br />TRAVEL INFO FOR NON USA TRAVELLERS<br /><br />I wont repeat the excellent work of our editor, bless her heart but I will add some insightfull observations of my own.<br /><br />Crickets<br /><br />Now these little noisy critters are every where and are noisy during the day as opposed to the Australian crickets which are active at night.<br /><br />Trees<br /><br />In the states and counties that we have been to so far the trees appear greener and are generally fuller and taller than what we are used to. This makes for pleasant driving.<br /><br />Skunks<br /><br />Skunks are definitely something to avoid. Some folk hunt and eat squirrels, deer, possum and just about anything else that comes out of the woods but you would have to be brain dead to even shoot a skunk as it is a total waste of ammunition. Ones that have been struck by cars leave a discernible after taste as you pass them and even the crows and other carrion leave them to the ants.<br /><br />Country Music<br /><br />I am really enjoying the country music that is coming out of nearly <em>every</em> radio station in the country. As most of these stations are FM we have to change the station about every 10 miles. Consequently we have heard and now know the words to "She's my Fire Cracker" and "All my Exes live in Texas now I hang my hat in Tennessee." and numerous other great hits.<br /><br />Van Info<br /><br />In the USA they don't have small caravans as we know them. The vehicles on the roads and in the parks we are staying at are monsters. I saw one RV the size of a bus which must have been 45ft long towing a boat longer that itself. This was surprising enough but the driver and his wife must have been over 70.<br /><br />Fuel consumption is something else. The RV we have, which is a small one at 27ft , has a 7.4ltr motor and gets 7.5 miles per gallon. It has a 38 gallon tank and luckily the fuel cost is way down on what we are used to. The cost is usually $2.80 per gallon compared to our $1.40 per litre. This equates to about A$6.00 per gallon.<br /><br />As I have been unable to submit my material concerning the reunion on time the editor has told me to get off her Blog. So that's whatI will do so until next time<br /><br />G'Day Y'All<br /><br />PS. Y'All come back now Y'hear.Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505104863079112703noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21532170.post-15173707747366855502007-09-13T22:08:00.001+09:302007-09-13T22:25:35.926+09:30Nashville Cats<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RukwN9QuoTI/AAAAAAAAAOM/YnZo4vEp8DU/s1600-h/PIC_0014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109668268569698610" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RukwN9QuoTI/AAAAAAAAAOM/YnZo4vEp8DU/s320/PIC_0014.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rukvw9QuoSI/AAAAAAAAAOE/LcBxIoUAimg/s1600-h/PIC_0009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109667770353492258" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/Rukvw9QuoSI/AAAAAAAAAOE/LcBxIoUAimg/s320/PIC_0009.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>We are in Nashville and we have met a very nice local lady who drove us downtown lastnight and told us where to go and how to act like locals so we wouldn't get ripped off. She also told us the best place to visit and hear some really good music so we couldn't get seats for the fist night here so we have some for tonight at the Blue Bird Cafe..cant wait for that.</div><br /><div></div><br />They have this building here they call The Batman Tower...for obvious reasons. We went into allot of Boot shops and I know what I would like but do you think I can find Ladies boots in my size......NO but whats new about that.<br /><br />I think I will look for my boots in Texas, might have more luck there.<br /><br />After we wandered for a while we went to BB Kings Club for some Blues and dinner It was great and then we decided on an early night so I could do my Blogs and a big day for today.<br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RukyxNQuoUI/AAAAAAAAAOU/mb2nI_AZwS8/s1600-h/PIC_0054.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109671073183342914" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_SJNNQ6lALPE/RukyxNQuoUI/AAAAAAAAAOU/mb2nI_AZwS8/s320/PIC_0054.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br />We are going to have lunch with Susan, our local new friend, and do a few little spots that have country music basically 24/7. And the a big one tonight at the Blue Bird..<br />Might find some boots today if I am lucky. </div>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09505104863079112703noreply@blogger.com3