Regrouping

I am regrouping (with myself) this afternoon.    We have been on the go for over five weeks.   It caught up with me today.   Flo and I took the train to the Blue Mountains, a two hour ride.    When I got off, the old motion sickness and the heat both hit me at the same time.   The temperature was 108 up there today!!!   And I had not totally recuperated from twelve days on the ship.  Anyway, I am learning lots of good things about myself for future travel!

So, I am chilled and cool right now in my hotel room.    It is quiet and it is good to be quiet!

I love Australia and New Zealand and hope to return some day.   If I have that chance, I will take more time to be in each place so there is time to really enjoy everything.   I have not had much chance to hike, and I have missed that.  It was too hot today, and I missed out on some good hiking.   The temperature will be a lot cooler tomorrow, but we are in Sydney for our last day and a half here. 

We will have lunch with Bill tomorrow.    We had so much fun at the wedding and the next two days.  We caught up with Bill, Erin, Shane, Michael and Casey, and met most of Michael Wilton's family.   At the wedding, we were reminded that what is important in life is our relationships and we had time to work on old and new ones.   Flo and I have definitely had time to work on ours these five weeks and it has been really good.  

Then off to Maui for a week, and a two day stop in LA to visit Don Carlisle before getting into New Bern in the evening on Dec.5.