There’s now less than 24 hours til we jet out from our base camp in Hawaii and head for the summit up Canberra way. It’s great to see that its bloody cold there – good times – but at least there’s been some rain.
So seeing as this is the last blog, the last hurrah, the final cut then I suppose it’s time for a bit of reminiscing –and that’s just what Lib and I have been doing. One good game we play towards the end of any holiday we’ve been on is to play “TOP FIVE!”... where the aim is to name as quickly the first five favourite things from the trip on any given topic like:
NATIONAL PARKS!
1. Glacier
2. Zion
3. Arches
4. Crater Lake
5. Grand Canyon
Or something unexpected like:
TOWNS!
1. Seattle
2. Monterey
3. Los Angeles
4. Ouray
5. Cabo San Lucas
Its gets a little difficult when you get to things like restaurants, as we tend to forget the names, but MEALS WE’VE EATEN stand out:
1. Szechuan eggplant with beef in San Francisco
2. 2 dollar soft tacos in Cambria
3. Bakery breakfast in the market in Seattle
4. Sandwiches by a stream in the heart of the desert country in southern Utah
5. Instant porridge under the redwoods in Humbolt State Park
Or SONGS that have had an impact while travelling:
1. Music (was my first love) by John Miles. The girls loved having their dolls do CrAZy dancing along with this one. I don’t even know WHERE I got this song from...
2. Your Love by the Outfield – the girls love to sing along, constatntly asking what the lyrics mean... I DON’T KNOW!
3. Shock the monkey by Peter Gabriel – the girls loved this one too... “Why does he shock the monkey?”
4. Slave to love by Bryan Ferry, for some reason we drove around a whole day in Monterey just listening to this. Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmore adds a lot to this song.
5. Flesh for Fantasy by Billy Idol... it was ALWAYS on the 80’s channels.
Sometimes you can’t even make it to five, like FAVOURITE FAST FOOD JOINTS YOU CAN’T FIND IN AUSTRALIA:
2. Arby’s
3. ...ummm... Cinnabon?
Or of you choose more than five it would seem self indulgent, like BLOGS:
3. Dekka’s Long awaited Disneyland post
4. Comments... and on the road
5. Ricky Ponting you bloody RIPPA
Oops – see – self indulgent...
But what this trip has really been about is memories, and the fact Lib and I now have this wonderful stack of memories of the girls at this age... they’ve been wonderful to travel with, great troopers all the way, and have helped us to really appreciate what we’re seeing in this amazing country. We can’t wait to come back – it really is that good...
And let’s not forget you guys dear readers. Those of you who’ve dropped by. We appreciate the fact you’ve checked up on us, and have read our little bits of prose more than you can imagine. A special HUGE thanks to those of you who have encouraged us by leaving comments and observations, it’s so nice to know that at least SOME people are out there reading up on us (though of course being the artists that we are we don’t blog for that reason – we’re artists dammit!).
On that note we’d like to say thanks. Thanks so much for putting up with us, reading along with us, chiming in to let us know you’re there. We’re looking forward to getting home and catching up with you all again.
So until we see you all again in the flesh, farewell, and thanks for tagging along with us, it’s meant the world to us... well... maybe thats overstating it... it’s meant the United States to us.
