Sydney!! 8/25/00 Friday 7:20 AM Touched down @ 6:15. On a bus, in traffic, heading to town. Too overwhelming to describe now. and I’m not even out of the airport yet! 11:03 AM When I felt the wheels of the…
06: Over the Pacific
Somewhere over the Pacific —– I’d give the date and time, but I really have no idea. At home it’s 10:50 AM on the 24th, and in Sydney it’s 12:53 AM on the 25th. But I really don’t know where…
05: 8-24-00 Flying to Sydney
Flying to Sydney 1:50 AM PT Now why would anyone bring three little kids on a 13 ½ hour flight? I mean, how stupid can you be? And why do I have to sit near them? It’s a big plane,…
04: 8-23-00 Flight 815 to Sydney
Flight 815 to Sydney 8/23/00 Wednesday 10:40 PM CT Sitting at the tarmac, waiting on a connecting flight, flights? Anyhow, the missionary fellow is in the seat next to me, and a screaming toddler is behind me. The flight just…
03: 8-23-00 Flight 815 to LA
Flight 815 to LA 8/23/00 Wednesday 8:55 PM CT Aside from Ian’s (and the others) screaming, this flight is beautiful! We’re skirting some thunderstorms in Iowa, & the clouds are beautiful from above. Not to mention the sun setting ahead…
02: 8-23-00 Chicago on tarmac
Chicago on tarmac 7:45 PM CT This is nuts! There are planes backed up all over the airport! They’re just milling around, one following the other, waiting on one another to take off down the runway. I’ve got this Ian,…
01: 8-23-00 Chicago O’Hare
NEVER ORDER AN AUSSIE BURGER 8/23/00 Chicago O’Hara Wednesday, 3:40 CT “Boy am I sure glad you’re thin!” Kind of an awkward start to an awkward trip. This was what one of the two guys I was sandwiched between said as…