Wait, can you come over for dinner before you go? There's Meatloaf.

My Mom said flights never leave on time in Cairns. I hope you made all your connections. The watch just gets more confusing as you head home!

I made it back to the states. Other than my self created crisis mentioned above everything's going fine. I'm just cooling my heals here at LAX for another hour before one last flight back home. I have stories and photo's to share in a full trip report to follow soon.

In the 'no good trip goes unpunished' category, I was not able to call home upon reaching LA. I figured it was my cell phone, but no. It turns out the power company was digging in the neighborhood and cut the Verizon fiber cable. Goodbye phone, Internet and TV. Joy.

Looking forward to the report, safe journey home Moonie.

Regarding the Power Company, I guess you file this under the end of a perfect vacation!

Ah.... So THAT'S why the sun went out the other morning.....

Did you get to see any of the eclipse?

I made it home, and jurryrigged an Internet connection for the house using our mifi.

Hopefully this will be a short outage.

Australia, Australia, Australia I love you! Goodnight!

Moonie, Moonie, Moonie we love you too ! Goodnight !

Unfortunately it was overcast here in Forster. :( I did see fabulous footage on the telly, though. Can't wait to see you again for the one in Sydney in 2023 or whenever it is...

Oh, and did I casually mention that that Penthouse (I have dubbed it the Gaga Suite) has easily out-swanked all other swankings in the history of LoT. - Partially because of it's OMG-ness, partially because of the super-swanky company, and partially because its in Sydney, which is the prettiest city on earth.

Put it all together and it spells "Come on, the rest of you, where the hell are you?"

No, seriously, who's next? The Bear Suite is waiting to be christened by someone......