Last night we had one of the biggest thunderstorms I think I have ever heard ! About 3.30am I woke to the first sound of thunderclaps and quickly noticed the room lighting up with each bolt of lightning. There was very little wind around so we estimated afterwards that the […]
Started out this morning very overcast and as you can see in the picture, there were storms out in the Atlantic. We had a quick breakfast and headed out to have another look at the inter-coastal waterway in daylight. The main road goes over the waterway via a draw bridge and as we […]
Had a sleep in this morning (although I don’t think I have a majority on that ) but Adrienne and I were wide awake at 2am for a while before our minds decided they needed more sleep. The hotel we stayed at was obviously the air crew base as the […]
Well we have made it to LA. Addendum to yesterday – (or is it tomorrow here ….. or still today ?) Anyway we think we may have got jinxed with our delay. We had arrived at Sydney Airport and joined the Air New Zealand check-in queue although the check-in desks hadn’t […]
Departure day has arrived and we have made it to the airport – and “we have a problem” ! Not too much thankfully though. As we joined the queue to check in, an announcement came on advising that our flight to Auckland would be delayed and anyone connecting to LA […]