Blizzard Bonus

Unexpectedly, we find ourselves with two days to chill in Los Angeles. (We can't get a flight out till Friday) Could be a lot worse!  Our hardships include blue skies and temps in the 60s while we watch the blizzard descend on Phila.  As our friend Mark notes, like Sarah Palin, he can see Russia from his house, too. This is my lame imitation of the mermaid in case you're wondering...

Here we sleep, blessed sleep! after many long days and short nights on the road and in the skies. Caroline here- to give you an idea, on Tuesday, Feb 9 we left Cairns at around 12:30pm, landed in Sydney around 4:30pm (time moves up one hour) and then left Sydney at 9pm and landed in LA after a 13 hour flight at 4pm, STILL Tuesday Feb 9.  Although this morning I am up before 7am for a conference call meeting for work, after another couple hours of email sifting, i head back to bed for some extra zzzzz's.

In keeping with our vacationing-as-opportunity-to-exercise, today we walk along marinas past hundreds of boats at dock, to Venice Beach.....about two miles each way, plus a walk over to a California mall for dinner.  And take the time in between to clear out the backlog of emails, both work and personal.  Plus, of course, updating The Blog.




Tomorrow--back to Phila and home to what our neighbors have described as an overwhelming amount of snow, enough to bend and break the limbs of our tree that arches over their driveway.  Deb's advice: stay in LA as long as possible!  Not a bad idea.....

See you all soon!
(A nearly extinct species, a telephone booth, adorns the marina!)