Gearing up for a 3-day train journey...
Over the last few days we've really settled down here - which is both a good and bad thing. It's good because the last time we really settled down anywhere for longer than about a week was back in Port Macquarie (April 07) but a bad thing in that we've kinda got out of the habit of traveling. We'll soon be shaken back into the travel groove by our upcoming 3-day rail jaunt across the North American continent.
It'll take us the best part of a whole day and night to get out of the great state of Texas and then it's plain sailing into Los Angeles. There's then the small matter of a trip up the west coast into Seattle. Last time we took this train was this time last year and everything was covered in a thin dusting of snow and looked lovely. Unfortunately we were about 6 hours late and arrived in the middle of the night. Therefore we decided to book a hotel this time and we'll not have to rely on anyone to pick us up - whatever time we arrive.
Anyway, while looking through this PC here in Houston, we found a stash of old pictures that we'd left last time we visited (I think that was before facebook) so I've now put them up online. They include some old pics of the Clerk Street flat...
As well as some pictures from our early travels - most notably pics from the Queen Mary and some from Florida - like the pictures of wild manatees that we were so happy about seeing.
Anyhow, if you want to see these old photos - they're listed here for your convenience:
Queen Mary II (Southampton - Ft Lauderdale, Florida)
England '06 (before & after Nick & Sarah's wedding)
Moving out '06 (leaving Clerk Street)
Last day of work (my final day of Microsys employment)
Manatees '06 (Florida's manatees - various locations)
London '06 (we stayed in Nick & Sarah's flat while they were on honeymoon. Mostly of Mr. Cat)
Florida theme parks '06 (Disney & Busch Gardens)
Highland Wildlife Park '05 (& a few flat pix)
USA '05 (Our trip to see Tracy's grandmother)
So next update should be from Seattle - our home away from home. I just worked out that Seattle's probably the place we've spent most time anywhere since we left home!
It'll take us the best part of a whole day and night to get out of the great state of Texas and then it's plain sailing into Los Angeles. There's then the small matter of a trip up the west coast into Seattle. Last time we took this train was this time last year and everything was covered in a thin dusting of snow and looked lovely. Unfortunately we were about 6 hours late and arrived in the middle of the night. Therefore we decided to book a hotel this time and we'll not have to rely on anyone to pick us up - whatever time we arrive.
Anyway, while looking through this PC here in Houston, we found a stash of old pictures that we'd left last time we visited (I think that was before facebook) so I've now put them up online. They include some old pics of the Clerk Street flat...
As well as some pictures from our early travels - most notably pics from the Queen Mary and some from Florida - like the pictures of wild manatees that we were so happy about seeing.
Anyhow, if you want to see these old photos - they're listed here for your convenience:
Queen Mary II (Southampton - Ft Lauderdale, Florida)
England '06 (before & after Nick & Sarah's wedding)
Moving out '06 (leaving Clerk Street)
Last day of work (my final day of Microsys employment)
Manatees '06 (Florida's manatees - various locations)
London '06 (we stayed in Nick & Sarah's flat while they were on honeymoon. Mostly of Mr. Cat)
Florida theme parks '06 (Disney & Busch Gardens)
Highland Wildlife Park '05 (& a few flat pix)
USA '05 (Our trip to see Tracy's grandmother)
So next update should be from Seattle - our home away from home. I just worked out that Seattle's probably the place we've spent most time anywhere since we left home!
posted by Iff at
4:40 pm
1 Comments:
3day trip:- Sounds like a magical train:-
"...out of the state of Texas and then it's plain sailing into LA".
Is this a special underwater train? I don't like the sound of it: it makes about as much sense as a ship sailing into the station!
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