Lyn's thoughts..........

What a fun night

On August 13th fellow Fiskateer Karen Poirer Brode and her hubby Cal took Rod and I out to see BEACH BLACKET BABYLON in SAN FRANCISCO......what a fun night......the Show was hilarious...costumes amazing and the singing was fabulous......thanks for sending me this pic Karen.

We had such a fun time......a very witty show.....so much laughter....and those HUGE HATS were amazing.....for anyone living in the US.....if you get the chance to go to this fun show......GO!!

Musicals are so good for the Soul................we all need a good belly laugh every now and again....

Getting ready for PAPERIFIC this Friday,Sat,Sun....ooh la la

Hi everyone,

Would you belive that PAPERIFIC is only 4 days away....................OMG......this is one of my favourite Shows to work at and attend..................I can't wait to greet you all as you come to PAPERIFIC.

I'm working all 3 days....what fun!! Can't wait to work with this amazing PAPERIFIC TEAM!!

For further details you can go to the PAPERIFIC WEBSITE....it's being held once again at the Royal Melbourne Show Grounds......Friday,Saturday and Sunday.

It promises to be BIGGER and BETTER than ever......lotss of fun Classes...many,many Make'n'Takes.....and even a PAPERCRAFT COMPETITION....ooh la la.....what fun!!

FISKARS have also generously donated some Giveaways......thanks guys!!

finally meeting Trina and glorious weather in Auckland NZ

It was lovely to finally meet Trina and spend some time with her ,Andy and the kids......they have the most gorgeous view of the Auckland area looking over the water....thanks so much Trina for picking us up and thanks to Andy for the lovely cooked dinner......

It was nice to cach up ...loved meeting the rest of the family...Sarah,Mat and Dan....cat and chooks......LOL! What a lovely family.....and hey Dan...............love all that Lego mate.....

    We are now resting up in our hotel....late breakfast has just arrived in our room.....then we are off for another walk around the Harbour.....AUCKLAND has really turned on the gorgeous weather for us......................in fact we have been very lucky the whole holiday with the weather.

I must say I'm kind of glad to be going home after being away for over 5 weeks.............can't wait to see our family again........................

What glorious weather here the past 2 days.....AMAZING......    AUCKLAND has really turned it on for us.......LOL!

Off for our final walk around the Harbour shortly.....then the final packing before we fly home to Aus.........................yeh!! I've really missed our family......and can't wait to catch up...as you can probaBly tell I've had internet access here and have had more time to play with some pics to share...LOL!  WHAT an amazing holiday we have had......I'll be still on a high for a few days to come...................he,he.

There is a real buzz here with the approaching Rugby World Cup...flags and signs everywhere....love it.............helps build up that true Sporting Pride....go the KIWIS!!

To those following along on my Blog....I hope you have enjoyed me sharing some of where we have been to and what we have seen......this has only been a small glimpse of what we have done and seen.....but hope you have enjoyed it

OMG....OMG.............Yosemite was AWESOME

We are now back in SF after spending 2 magical days in Yosemite National Park...staying over night at Yosemite View Lodge.............what an awesome experience......this place is such a fabulous place.............awesome doesn't do it justice..............truelly amazing place....

 

It was such a peaceful place....

 

we just love it..............Bridla Veil Falls amazingly had water in it ...usually in August they don't flow we were told...how lucky were we....

 

The trees.were amazing.............we loved the whole experience...wish we had more time there...

 

This was at Tunnel View.....a fabulous place to take pics...

 

As you can imagine...I went wild with all the cameras.....LOL!

 

Yosemite Falls.................and  even caught this cheeky little squirel knicking food.....firom a butter pack..........LOL!

 

....AND  check out this HUGE butterlfy I spotted

 

isn't it amazing!!!

 

ok................we have some more time in SF today.......fly to NZ late tonight...........I have soooooooo many pics...........but have just shared a few................we went out to dinner and the live show last Sat night with Karen and Cal.....what a fun night ....BEACH BLANKET BABYLON....a very funny live show............thank you Karen for arranging this to happen......loved spending time with you guys.........

Saturday night we have dinner at Trina's in NZ......can 't wait................better get off here and spend our last few hours looking around this wonderful city................might have another Cable Car Ride...........it's such a hoot......................LOL! ONE LAST PIC..............Half Dome
 

Golden Gate Bridge and Muir Woods

 

We have now been over the Golden Gate bridge 4 times since being in SF......what a wonderful bridge......we also went on a Bay Cruise......and saw all the Seals......haven't down sized thoses pics yet.................

 

Today we ventured out again across the Bridge to Muir Woods where all the tallest tress in the world grow....HUGE Redwood Trees.....

 

These trees are really massive in height.......and many years old....

 

I'm so tired today ................and I look it right......LOL!

 

What a magic place....so peaceful.......I spotted this HUGE burl on one of the redwood trees...

 

 

It was hard to Photograph these tall trees.....but I hope you can get some idea of how tall these trees are...

 

What a great day......we stopped in a quaint little town called Sausilito for lunch and a walk around the Shops......lots of up market shops,art and craft,galleries.....

 

ok....here's a few pics I found and sorted from when we flew over Mt Mc Kinley in ALASKA last week...................wowie what a fun experience.....

 

oops....this pic  ABOVE is from the Arctic Circle flight..................LOL! BUT wait....here's the correct pic....looked like we were going to hit Mt McKinley we got that close in the light plane...........LOL!

 

IT HAD JUST SNOWED .....so to see the fresh snow was amazing.........you felt like you could just put your hamd out and touch it......only 7 of our Tour Group made this wonderful flight....including Dana out Tour Director..................he had the seat next to the pilot....I had the rear seat.......great seat for taking the pics................only have about another 100 or so........LOL!

 

ok......that's it for now.....off to see if Rod has awoken from his Pa nap............LOL!

Off to Yosemite National Park for the next 2 days then back here for one last day before we fly out to New Zealand.........on our way home to Aus.....

some more holiday pics -now in the US

 

We are now in San Francisco...having a fun time.....loving riding on the Cable Cars............OMG....what fun going up and down the streets of SF.....they have people hanging out the sides....and looky what I spotted in the Japanese Gardens today............so darn cute....this is the third kind of Squirel that we have seen on our holiday so far.....

 

I have started to go through and sort some more pics from ALASKA....HERE ARE SOME OF THEM....FIRSTLY ....the grizzly Bears.....in total we saw 12 of them.......amazing to see

 

 

We saw these on the TUNDRA WILDERNESS TOUR through Denali National Park....what a day that was.

 

 
 We spotted heaps of Carribou.............they actually came up quite close to the bus we were on.....it was a rickity old bus......but fun to ride in.....LOL! This ARCTIC FOX walked right by us........

 

Check out his bushy tail..............it was gorgeous! We spent today touring the city.....over the Golden Gate Bridge and down to Fishermans Wharf....more pics when I have the time to sort through them...................we are getting use to the lingo now.......and the money......LOL!

 

Hello from sunny San Fransisco

WOWIE...where do I start.....it's so long since I blogged.....have had issues with internet access whilst in ALASKA......but we have now arrived in sunny California...staying in San Fransisco for the next 4 nights...then heading to the Yosemite National Park to stay for one night....2 days...then we come back to SF for one night.....................we are having an amazing time.............I 'll try and upload some more pics over the next few days.....here's one I found of Rod outside the Princess Cruise SHip looking at this AMAZING GLACIER......OMG...WHAT A TIME WE HAD....

 

We stayed outside for about 2 hours taking pics and just enjoying the moment together......and look what we saw....

 

There were seals and otters everywhere.....laying around on the ice.....

 

 We got off the SHIP in Ketchikan,Juneau and Skagway and did some shore excursions......what fun that was..................we really had a great time exploring in ALASKA....getting into the wild....going into the Tundra in Denali National Park....what an amazing experience......I only have about 3ooo pics to sort through to fine the bears,carribou,squirels,etc........LOL!

 

I hope everyone is enjoying seeing these pics ......I have so many more I want to share .....let's see how I go tomorrow......here's just one of the brown bears we spotted......she was walking along the log and catching Salmon as they were swimming upstreammm

 

this was amazing to see....we all had to stay sooooooo quiet....we flew to Honnah Island from Juneau....and went bear watching for 2 hours......such fun

 

I also have a video of this bear catching 3 Salmon........what an experience to see....they skin the fish and leave the head ......

 

 

ok......that's it for now.....I'm on a time limit here......not cheap......but shall upload more pics soon....