Tate had a ball in Union Square, San Francisco, where he met some hiphop & breakdancers who were filming a "Bollywood" movie. While they waited for their camera crew to arrive, they showed Tate some moves! This is Danny 
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Saturday, November 17, 2007
Tate & Hunter in Union Square
Tate had a ball in Union Square, San Francisco, where he met some hiphop & breakdancers who were filming a "Bollywood" movie. While they waited for their camera crew to arrive, they showed Tate some moves! This is Danny 
Friday, November 16, 2007
Thursday, November 8, 2007
7 November, 2007 - Takeoff !!!
Well folks, here it is, the first instalment on our road to discovery....
6/11/07
A busy night with our wonderful neighbours Mike & Tanya cooking dinner for all of us. This was a welcome relief ... as it was, I stayed up until 3am sorting & packing, testing the GPS & other gear, email lists, phone lists, etc. By 3am, all seemed in order & I slept like a baby 'til 6am when it was time to rise & shine to head off to the airport.
7/11/07
Surprisingly, I bounced out of bed & we managed to be gone by 7:30am. The boys were showing some signs of excitement & anticipation. We checked in smoothly, through immigration without a hitch (I was patted down but couldn't call that a hitch - must've looked suspicious) & made our way to the departure gate. As expected, the flight was long & sleepless. I administered the Polaramine early on in the flight, however, one body appeared to go into a state of confusion over what to do with the drug. He wandered around the plane in somewhat of a daze, going to the toilet several times but unable to settle & get some sleep. Eventually he was out to it & had to be woken when the plane landed. We disembarked & yet again smoothly cruised through the immigration/custom process - no pat downs or cavity searches !! All representatives were wonderful & kept us moving. Picked up the hire car, Kia Sportage & we were off. Tony's brain is having a hard time adjusting to the other side of the road with me regularly reminding him that perhaps he might like to move to the right side before things get too ugly :) With GPS in hand (& in car) we set off for Santa Barbara. First stop was Ventura for a much needed coffe & choc chip pastry twist... mmmm. We made it to SB by roughly 1:30pm to quickly check-in then set off to the 2pm Courthouse Tour which we were told was a "must see". Tate showed quite a bit of interest, taking lots of pics, but the littlest trooper slept through the majority - yes, as I write this, he is bouncing around the room while the others are out cold, clearly more sleep than he needed! We finished the tour after climbing to the top of the bell tower then headed off for a look at the mission (nothing special) & finished up at the playground.... what a beut!!! Santa Barbara is a beautiful little town, perhaps a cross between Toowoomba & someplace else that I can't think of just now. After quite a good play & a chat with a local, we headed off to find a supermarket before sunset. We decided to go to the pier to watch the sunset & ended up having dinner at Moby Dick's restaurant at Fisherman's Wharf. The other restaurant on the pier grossed out the kids a bit too much (live lobbies & crabs in a tank) so the former was the choice of the evening. Not bad dinner, both boys actually ate the chicken tenderloin strips, which was a pleasant surprise. Both of them were still quite wobbly from the flight - I don't know how I feel right now, I've never stayed awake this long after a flight so it's gonna be interesting to see how I pull up in the morning. We're off to San Simeon & a tour of Hearst Castle. Anyway, I'm starting to have "Disney spells" now so I'd better get off to bed or I'll never get up tomorrow !!
6/11/07
A busy night with our wonderful neighbours Mike & Tanya cooking dinner for all of us. This was a welcome relief ... as it was, I stayed up until 3am sorting & packing, testing the GPS & other gear, email lists, phone lists, etc. By 3am, all seemed in order & I slept like a baby 'til 6am when it was time to rise & shine to head off to the airport.
7/11/07
Surprisingly, I bounced out of bed & we managed to be gone by 7:30am. The boys were showing some signs of excitement & anticipation. We checked in smoothly, through immigration without a hitch (I was patted down but couldn't call that a hitch - must've looked suspicious) & made our way to the departure gate. As expected, the flight was long & sleepless. I administered the Polaramine early on in the flight, however, one body appeared to go into a state of confusion over what to do with the drug. He wandered around the plane in somewhat of a daze, going to the toilet several times but unable to settle & get some sleep. Eventually he was out to it & had to be woken when the plane landed. We disembarked & yet again smoothly cruised through the immigration/custom process - no pat downs or cavity searches !! All representatives were wonderful & kept us moving. Picked up the hire car, Kia Sportage & we were off. Tony's brain is having a hard time adjusting to the other side of the road with me regularly reminding him that perhaps he might like to move to the right side before things get too ugly :) With GPS in hand (& in car) we set off for Santa Barbara. First stop was Ventura for a much needed coffe & choc chip pastry twist... mmmm. We made it to SB by roughly 1:30pm to quickly check-in then set off to the 2pm Courthouse Tour which we were told was a "must see". Tate showed quite a bit of interest, taking lots of pics, but the littlest trooper slept through the majority - yes, as I write this, he is bouncing around the room while the others are out cold, clearly more sleep than he needed! We finished the tour after climbing to the top of the bell tower then headed off for a look at the mission (nothing special) & finished up at the playground.... what a beut!!! Santa Barbara is a beautiful little town, perhaps a cross between Toowoomba & someplace else that I can't think of just now. After quite a good play & a chat with a local, we headed off to find a supermarket before sunset. We decided to go to the pier to watch the sunset & ended up having dinner at Moby Dick's restaurant at Fisherman's Wharf. The other restaurant on the pier grossed out the kids a bit too much (live lobbies & crabs in a tank) so the former was the choice of the evening. Not bad dinner, both boys actually ate the chicken tenderloin strips, which was a pleasant surprise. Both of them were still quite wobbly from the flight - I don't know how I feel right now, I've never stayed awake this long after a flight so it's gonna be interesting to see how I pull up in the morning. We're off to San Simeon & a tour of Hearst Castle. Anyway, I'm starting to have "Disney spells" now so I'd better get off to bed or I'll never get up tomorrow !!
Friday, October 26, 2007
12 Sleeps before take-off !!
The time is drawing near &, as most would know, I've been running around like the proverbial headless poultry... We recently acquired a new computer - HP Tablet, wow, what a lovely machine. I'm doing my best to find my way around it so as to be up with everything while we're away. For those of you with a little more advanced techno ability, we have Skype so visual & audio communication will be enabled. This should prove fun for the kids as they'll be able to see their friends. Let me know if you have it & we can hook up - maybe have a spot of practise before we head off.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
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