I can’t really do a travelogue post about our just ended week away on Kangaroo Island. My brain doesn’t work in that linear, Monday we did this, Tuesday we did that. Added to that, our particular holiday was one of isolation from the information world and one of the advantages of unplugging is that the [...]
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These cities blur before me, a swirl of colors leaned against the sky
We are off in a matter of hours and it could not have come at a better time. I am flat wore out – work, home, working at home – done with it all. We’ve rented a beach house at Vivonne Bay on Kangaroo Island. Apparently it is one of the nicest beaches in Australia, [...]
Let’s go, drive ’til the morning comes
Absolutely exhausted after a long drive home from the southeastern part of the state and thrown into a panic about a sooner than anticipated deadline for my grades to be submitted, so we’ll keep it simple today.
A Free Family is just back from a long weekend spent here…
…which is about 350 km down the coast [...]
LAX
“Runway 4, Flight 209
teardrops fall we start to climb
this window seat proved a poor choice
it shows a dream that’s been destroyed
Little baby starts to cry
Hey, I would to if not for pride…”
-Dwight Yoakam – “1,000 Miles”
First leg done. The Orlando to L.A. flight was pretty much a breeze, with the exception that the whole [...]
Just one more little hop
“Adelaide
On a plane
Far from the United StatesOf LA
Dropping in from outer space
Takes a day…”
-Ben Folds – “Adelaide”
Tomorrow is the day. The last leg of our trip, the longest and probably the most painful. Orlando to L.A. to Sydney to Adelaide. We’ve managed to avoid, and I’m knocking madly on wood, the horrifying stomach contents ejecting [...]
The Bible Black Pre-Dawn
It’s never as bad as you think it’s going to be.
No part of our trip, from our pre-dawn departure from Sweden in blowing snow to our pre-dawn walk on the beach 32 hours later, was a lot of fun. Neither was it the disaster that it could have been when we got of the ground [...]
There ain’t enough going on down here.
A Free Man is away. Next stop – Florida.
MP3: Eric Clapton – “Mainline Florida”
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Just find a state where everything’s passing by
Today is our last day in Sweden. We’ll jet off into the dark western sky for another hop over the North Sea. After landing in Heathrow we’re in for what is bound to be a harried race across London to Gatwick Airport – with slightly more luggage than we arrived in Sweden with ten days [...]
Thanks for having me and my irresponsible child over to your house
I’ve always thought that the best way to get a real sense of a place is to spend a lot of time with the natives. When those natives are family, you the traveler have got it made. Not only can you get nice home-cooked meals, a comfortable bed to sleep in and, in a non-English [...]
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