Gawd I ask you how many farewell parties do we need to get it right, obviously a couple more... This morning was a bit cruel we had a bag pull in Heather speak at 5 am, no sign of Heather or Al, plenty of our mob all going in every direction, a big grizzly will land in Auckland some 3000 hours from now, Rita, hope you cope mate.Janette & John cruise in to San Fran, before Honolulu, you are very spoilt you guys, Lorraine, Ross Jodes & Jase are quite possibly necking each other in Vancouver. 7 hour stop over and a credit card that still plays nicely, good oh girls. Hmmmmmmmm how funny was the airport, as we watched Jodie & Jason get slugged for excess we were a bit nervous, no worries mate I left a trail of winter stuff all around the airport, but Lorraine there was NO WAY I was leaving behind the bottle of bubbles you so kindly gave me..on ward and downward we went to Seattle, oh NO OH NO another farewell drink, but this is the real deal. Oh I forgot to mention a small fact that scared the beeeejeeepppers out of me , I left my back pack and went chatting as I do, came back and its GONE, oh no not again, I felt a small heart attack coming on, as our 2 computers, and all our travel docs were in there, I had cops and mates and Wazza and me running around like mad dogs, I went screeching to the front of the embarkation line, as we were almost boarded and yelled at Lorrain, I have lost my back pack, no sooner did i utter those words than I found my most wonderful friend John and his delightful wife in possesion of 3 Scenic back packs, mate it took me 3 hours to recover and did I slap John around the chops for his trouble !! OK lets board this plane before I get into more strife..hmmm up in the air not long when Jeanette tells me of her pussy problem, the lady beside her had a cat, she is allergic as am I, to these fur balls of agony. I swelled up like a puff ball, Janette came and sat in our row, she was not much better, the cabin steward said oh sorry miss I didnt know you were allergic, I said, i didnt know you allowed freaking cats, do you know he offered to move ME....away from my hubby, but would allow her to sit with her pussy, So welcome to Seattle "sniffy" I felt very ordinary for a while. Didnt take long to get me right as we had our very very final drinks with our small mob by now, we were very mellow, but still managing a laugh, where has that time gone. I speak for us many people on this tour will remain friends, for that I am greatful, many more will become life time mates how do we explain what you have brought into our lives. If laughter is the best medicine why do I feel so stuffed !! This has been a dream, and the dream only happens when we make it, we could all have sat around quietly taking in the majesty of this place, and quietly behaving to all Heather & Als commands, instead we chose to carve our own wonderful and unique path to Alaska..we went NORTH TO ALASKA and now the damage is done !! Hey Heather and Al, please if we say sorry will you come back..our flight to Las Vegas was eventful to say the least, at one stage we looked like being rerouted to Orlando, as I am not a good fun person in a washing machine/plane I was again needing fresh undies, after doing a few million loops in the storm clouds, the captain decided we were spun and dried, and chucked us out. OK here is the big test, K & W alone in Vegas, help, help, oh bugger no help, so off we go to take Vegas by storm, quiety tho, cos we are very overwhelmed. My first thought was to Wazza, can you please take me back to Whistler? Ok checked in shuttle to the MGM grand, and poof, we are lost, we are finally able to locate our room, (thanks to the dudes down stairs) we are 347 kilometers from the front desk, believe me i am not one to exaggerate, I needed a small pack mule and a 3 week feed, Ok I dont need to be fed for 3 weeks but I need a pack mule...help already
The room is lovely, but I am terrified to venture into the 27 kilometer corridor, a vodka and orange each gave us courage and off we went, well if we didnt walk 12780 kilometers I will go hee...This place defies description, I shall try, in my opinion coming in from the most remote and beautiful and pristine enviroments on our plannet, I am under whelmed, then again I am tired and possibly a bit snarly cos the "family" are not on the horizon..Hey I miss you all..its all glitz and it sure does overwhelm you but possibly not as excited as we thought, again we are tired, and I would swap this in a heart beat for a night at Jasper Park, with Heather & Al in charge.
Well I do believe I have caught up on the blog, I am a bit alarmed that I cannot find my photos from Denali Wilderness, but not out of my mind, as I know many of you can help me out with the wildlife pics, or else no one will believe me..hey Jeanette, you didnt come that day bugger !!
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