Warming up for the Warm Weather down-undah

Caroline and I embark (quite the old-fashioned term, more like enplane!) on January 26th for a 2-week trip to Australia.  It's hard to get that it's happening and so soon!  Day to day has been pretty much Our Daily Times until this weekend.  Time to get ready!


So a little shopping yesterday: new backpack, extra memory card for the camera, and a little sunscreen cuz it's going to be hot there in Australia!  Temps will be in the 80's, lots of sun--not to wish anyone a cold day, but it would be a super contrast to leave in 20 degree weather on our way to Melbourne.


We're starting our trip with son Zach who is returning to a second semester at the University of Wollongong--that's a small city along Australia's east coast about 50 miles from Sydney.  Zach's been blogging about his first semester...

I'm pumped about seeing the Australian Tennis Open in Melbourne!  We have tix for the Friday matches--women's doubles final (could be Venus and Serena!?) and mens singles semi-final.....

Caroline and I will be taking a lot of photos.....I'll have to keep up with her as she's got a great eye and "mad photo stalking skills" as my son might say....here's her in action during our anniversary this past November....  both us hiking a trail, approaching maple trees in full, spectacular fall splendor, ready for our duo-dueling photo shoot....that was a fun hike!

Hope most of our photos are a little better than this one--silhouettes by the water.....I'm the one on the right.