Got to bed fairly early last night as we had to be at the Sydney Bridge by 9:00 for a three hour climb/tour. I will spare you the details but in the end we stood atop of the brige overlooking Sydney and the bay. Needless to say, it was a spectacular sight! The skies where very clear and we could see all the way to the Blue Mountains (Thursdays adventure). Our group leaders spent 6 weeks in Saskatchewan about 12 years back in Estevan on a student exchange so it...

After a brutal 32 hours of travel we arrived in Sydney at 6:00 am. The layover in Minnesota was good and we visited the Mall of America. Enough things going there that we may have to plan a trip to Minneapolis for shopping and a sports weekend. The flight to LA was jammed with noisy kids and the 5 hours in LAX were a bit dull. Leanne managed to catch a few winks on the carpet. Flight over was 14 hours and uneventful. Managed to watch a few movies (Leatherhea...