Made it across the Pacific

So we've made it across to Australia here...we fly to Bali tomorrow midday. We're staying one night at a hostel here in Sydney, nice to sleep in a real bed and have a real shower after how many hours of planes and trains (no automobiles yet.)

The whole not working thing is weird to adjust to, it is still a welcome change, but lately I have the occasional dream where I show up at work and they are like "Where have you been?" "You didnt even call in sick or anything and you've been gone for like 2 weeks... ". I just tell them "Don't worry about it", and play it cool, although i know in my head (in my dream) that I actually havent showed up in like two weeks and someone is going to get me for it, I sometimes say "I was just cleaning underneath my desk, so you didnt see me...or...I was working off site, at the Repair shop, ya know?"

Here's the thing though, the Airline has misplaced our bags, throwing a total loop into the equation. I just got a call a few minutes ago and they have located ONE of the TWO bags, its in Melbourne. Fancy that, eh? At least its in the right country, on the proper side of the ocean. I'm hoping the other is found before we have to go to Bali, or else there might be a slight extension to the Sydney "layover" of our trip until Quantas locates our baggage. Quantas will compensate us for any fees due to changing our flight to Bali as well as Hotel Stays in Bali, and so if the bag is found in say...3 days, this could all work in a little extra spending funds for Kate and I...although I would rather just find our bags and be able to stick to the original plan.

I want to write about our last week in Ontario, because it was a lot of fun, but I am getting kicked off this PC right now. I'll update it soon enough. Bye for now everyone. Don't worry about my luggage situation, heck, Im not.

Home sweet home!

We're finally here! After flying into Toronto on Monday we took a Greyhound bus to good ol' Sudbury -- a warmup for the many buses we'll soon be travelling on!
We spent the first few days at home relaxing- sleeping in, drinking coffee on the dock in the morning, fishing, canoeing, and having Sauna's (that's Sow-na! haha ) every night. As much as I love Alberta, it's so nice to be home.
Tonight I'm taking Dave into town for a dinner with the "eccentric" side of the family...should be fun (or at least interesting). This weekend we plan to go camping on Manitoulin Island (Providence Bay, in case you want to Google-Earth stalk us) with my sister and her boyfriend. I'm really looking forward to hiking the cup and saucer trail-- my parents used to take us there when we were kids. There are so many thing I wish I could show Dave while we're here, but we are here for less than two weeks so we'll try to get in as much as possible.
We leave for a little road trip to Ottawa on Sept. 25th...then back to Toronto on Sept. 28th for our flight to Sydney, Australia!

We're in ONTARIO now...

Let's start by thanking EVERYONE who came out from work on Friday and all my great pals who came out Saturday for the BBQ and/or the show. It was really nice to see everyone, and there was some faces that I havent seen in a while...the surprise really put a smile on my face. One more shout out to some of my other special friends who did not come out on Saturday, but made an effort to hang out earlier on in the week. (You know who you are).\

I've gotta say, Northern Ontario is a lot more beautiful than I expected. It is so much different than Alberta's foothills...While they are both beautiful in there own respects, I already feel like a tourist even though I'm still in my own country. I have found that no matter where you go in Canada though, road construction always makes you want to simply lose it. I'm still very realxed thoguh..easy to stay relaxed when you retire (for some months) at 27 yrs old....

Katie's parent's place is a unique little Double Cabin set out in the sticks about 40 min past Sudbury. It is right on the lakeside of Lake Panache and it is quite the dockside paradise...Katie always said it was really nice, but i never would have thought it could be quite so peaceful and pleasant. With lakeside Sauna, great fishing, and calm waters around somewhere at most hours, it is a real fisherman/sailor/boater's dream out here. Maybe I can convince Mom and Dad to bring the ol Tiga out here sometime...haha(i think it would actually be a little far).

Anyway, thats all for now..just want everyone to know we got here safely and Katie's parents have been spoiling us like you'd think that they havent seen her in 7 months or something. The food and accomadation is more than I could have asked for, and I am sure that the accomodation and food will probably go downhill once we arrive overseas...(the 'island paradise factor' makes up for that though.)

We love everyone so much and you are in our thoughts always. Thanks for reading and stay posted for more once we arrive in Wonderful Indonesia...