Day 1 Wednesday 8 July 2015 : Let’s get Cruising.
Our shuttle from the Central Coast dropped us off right at the entrance to the overseas Passenger Terminal in Circular Quay in Sydney. (It took almost 2 hrs to do the drive down).
After playing a little Ingress around the Quay and the Rocks area we boarded the ship. The security getting on board seemed to only worry about 2 things. Continue reading
Number of Views :5276We leave tomorrow for Sydney and a catch up with Mum, Pat and Laura before we head out on a 9 Day Pacific Island Cruise on the Carnival Spirit.
Bring it on.
Number of Views :4247Time for a look back on an amazing holiday.
It’s seems such a long time ago that we started our adventure, and now we have been home such a short time, things start to fade quickly into the past! Continue reading
Number of Views :7196Our flight left a little after midnight, a problem with the entertainment system caused the hold up. They didn’t want a plane load of passengers complaining about no TV or Movies! So Deb had a few minutes of her birthday in LA after all. Continue reading
Number of Views :8070We woke this morning to a bright sunny Santa Monica sort of morning. There was 5km fun run going on along the foreshore road in front of our hotel. Looking at some of the people participating, it didn’t look like too much fun for them! LOL Says he lounging around all morning! Continue reading
Number of Views :6172Saturday morning in Santa Monica, a time for a rest, for some.
Deb had a quiet morning in bed, reading her papers and catching up with things on the net. I had other plans. Continue reading
We woke this morning to a very foggy Santa Monica, we couldn’t see much further than the other side of the road from our hotel, let alone the Pier. We found out late than this is the May/June Fog, and it happens every year at the change of season and is caused by ocean temperature variations and currents. It normally burns off by mid/late morning. Continue reading
Number of Views :3931Today we leave our friends John and Georgiana, our travel buddies for the last 15 days. It’s been fun as usual exploring new parts of the USA with you and we will miss having you both around. I wonder where we will next meet. Continue reading
Number of Views :3963We got away from Pinetop at 8am and headed for the Apache Trail. We called into Globe on the way to pick up lunch provisions and then headed to the Roosevelt Dam to start the trail. The Trail is 41.5 miles long, mostly dirt road. It is over 100 years old. Continue reading
Number of Views :5834Today we went to visit Fort Apache. It was the iconic Fort at the centre of the Apache wars and the American wild west. I know it instantly conjures up images of the F-Troop fort with its wooden outer wall, sentry towers and big swinging wooden gates. Continue reading
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