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Sheri’s and my 10 hour tourist extravaganza

Pretty much just a photo blog post. It has been too busy!Sheri and I put in a 10 hour day yesterday! She is fabulous company.I didn’t know an introvert could spend 10 hours in the company of another human when isn’t work.But Sheri is like a unicorn in terms of an exploring companion. We hadContinueContinue reading “Sheri’s and my 10 hour tourist extravaganza”

Sightseeing the Inner Harbour

We had a leisurely start to the morning with a cup of tea and looking through old photos.Sheri drove us into the Inner Harbour area for our day of sightseeing.Victoria’s streets are lush with vegetation, baskets overflowing with potted towers hang from windows, lampposts and along the streets.As we walked towards Fisherman’s Wharf we stumbledContinueContinue reading “Sightseeing the Inner Harbour”

Canada-bound

I chugged down a quick coffee, and a bowl of corn chips for breakfast on ‘goodbye’ day. Did I mention the half and half before? This is my first experience of half and half. Fellow Aussies may not know, but it is half milk/ half cream!AND……. some coffee shops down here offer a special halfContinueContinue reading “Canada-bound”

Full Day

Yesterday is going to be a write-off really as far as in-depth blogging.We woke early to get in as much chat time before heading out for a morning of exploring. A group of us drove into pretty Port Townsend. We caught the ferry across to Fort Casey, built to protect Puget Sound against ship attacks.ContinueContinue reading “Full Day”

Reunion- full day

I think I last left off when I was overcome with jet lag at around 10:30 at my school friend Lynette’s house.Her daughter had very kindly given up her room so I had privacy and she slept out in the living room.I felt a wave of unconsciousness sweep over me and gave myself over toContinueContinue reading “Reunion- full day”

Second leg

By the time I boarded the tiny plane bound for Seattle, I had to pick my eyelids off the floor and drag them along with me. The air steward making all the announcements, spoke in what sounded like a language very close to English, where you could ALMOST follow what she was saying, but notContinueContinue reading “Second leg”

Highschool jaunt to Seattle: Day 1

I said goodbye to the fam bam and got dropped at the bus terminal at nearly 10 pm.It was frigid inside the terminal because the doors kept sliding open to let passengers in.I had just perfected a self heating system for my arms using a double hoodie technique when the apologetic security man turfed usContinueContinue reading “Highschool jaunt to Seattle: Day 1”

It’s a wrap!

I needed to grab some breakfast supplies so I walked across to the ( expensive) little grocery store and on the way I had sighting # 4 of the tall troubled young lady. She was on a downer, very bleary eyed, pouty, and in a filthy mood but still stumbling near the curb trying toContinueContinue reading “It’s a wrap!”

Hula Time!

I made it to a sunrise this morning. A quiet transformation moving up out of the Pacific Ocean, serene and magical. People sat on the beach, transfixed, paying silent homage to its beauty. Less serene was the two hours I spent on the phone doing the yucky side of travel.Our last flight is with Jetstar,ContinueContinue reading “Hula Time!”

So close and yet so far

We were up earlyish to be at the bus stop by 9.It took us 3 buses ( one of them was a mistaken extra bus) to get to the Dole Plantation.We needed exact change to garner our day passes for the bus; every bus driver we encountered were very helpful.We enjoyed watching the transition fromContinueContinue reading “So close and yet so far”