Our flight is in about 18 hours. It has been a fantastic trip but it’s time to go home. We’ll be in the U.S. on Saturday afternoon but I won’t be home to Portland for a few days as I’ll be staying in he Bay Area to see a new niece, Trinity. She was born the day I left but was born at 33 weeks so she has been in the hospital. I think she’ll be home this weekend and I am going to try to see her before I head for home.
I’m tired. It’s time. I want my own bed. I miss my kitty. I miss Tina and I miss being in the same country as Susie.
Sydney Harbor from Taronga Zoo.
And I am missing the ripened tomatoes on my plants!
Lots of pictures to come and some observations on traveling and on Australia, all wehn I get home to Portland, midweek.
Last night we stayed overnight at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney. It was super but we didnt’ get much sleep. More on this later.
Can’t wait to hear more about your trip — night at the zoo, eh? I bet that was really something! What is that spiny thing in the picture?
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It’s an echidna. Marsupial. It’s kinda cute!
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That’s what I thought … it’s kind of … like a cross between a porcupine and a kiwi bird. 🙂
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oops…I was wrong. Not a marsupial. It’s a monotreme. The echidna and the platypus (both found in Australia) are the only two known monotremes which are egg-laying mammals. He is not a hedge hog or an anteater but he does eat ants.
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Me too, I can’t wait for more. Have a safe trip home.
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Come back safe and I can’t wait to see the new pics and hear all about your trip!
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I will be editing and posting some pictures over the next few days. I will also be writing some posts about the trip which I will bank to post during November as I try to concentrate on Nanowrimo.
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Can’t wait to see all your pictures. Trinity- my brother’s first serious girlfriend was named Trinity. But I’m absolutely sure your niece won’t be anything like her (thank gosh)
I don’t know if an echidna is a hedgehog, but hedgehogs are awesome.
Go Nano!
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