Great Few Days in Santa Barbara

We had fun with Wendy, John, Henry, Mae and Lucy.  Lots of activities (as you can see) and lots of good eats (which you can't see).  Thanks everybody for a good time. 



Kangaroos

Gus wanted to see kangaroos hopping and when I looked at these videos I thought everyone might want a giggle. For some reason they're is a little blurry.  Chris sent me a link to send them to him through an FTP program.  You might want to check it out.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Honolulu in February

It sure is nice here in Honolulu.  In case you haven't heard, our Tucson house has been without gas for more than 24 hours - and the end isn't in sight.  That means no heat, no clothes dryer, no stove.   Molly keeps sending temperature reports - 16.4 degrees on the kitchen porch Thursday morning.  We hear that Molly and Cactus are keeping each other warm.  we're not having so much trouble staying warm here.

Interesting cloud formation over the mountains, across the Ala Wai Canal.

Thursday's breakfast view from Duke's.

An interesting paint job.

Thursday night we went to a Hawaii - UCSB men's volleyball match.  Hawaii won in 4.  These guys get up pretty high, but the redhead's form landed him a 6-pack in the face later on.

Wish I could have gotten a picture of Hawaii's outside hitter, who's in the front row now - only 6'1", with a 44" vertical.  He had 19 kills and hit .436.

Even the setter has some hops.

Today we took a sail on a catamaran. It was terrific.

That's a dolphin's splash on the left side of the boat.

Lying on the netting, looking up at the sails.

Not too worse for the wear.

Scenes from Friday night's dinner.

Hope to see you soon.

Last Post from Australia

What a fantastic 3 + months we have had.  Sadly, this is the last Australia post.  Our hotel in Sydney is near Darling Harbour and Chinatown - took this picture of a cool street lamp from our hotel room.

For lunch we took a train to Circular Quay - not a bad view from the metro platform.

On to lunch - not a bad view fom there either.

While we were eating, this ship came in to dock right in front of us.

We've come full circle. I think this is where it all started in Australia.

We're headed to Honolulu tonight and arrive this morning.

G'day!