We had to go out of our way to go to Mark Twain’s Boyhood home in Hannibal Missouri. It was definitely worth adding three hours to our travel time. We got to see the building as and meet the people that inspired Samuel Clemens to write Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Overview The famous fence … Continue reading Out of Texas to Hannibal MO
Travel
Follow my adventures visiting friends and family around the world.
Out of Texas Day 3 Springfield MO
We found a gem in Springfield, MO. If you ever go there check out the MO Museum of Natural Science part of the Missouri Institute of Natural Science. It is free, and fascinating. Not big, but wonderful. There are even glow-in-the-dark rocks in the bathroom. They were very nice and let us bring in the … Continue reading Out of Texas Day 3 Springfield MO
Out of Texas
The heat was unbearable. My daughter told us to go through Arkansas. Traveling with a dog, we decided not to travel very far in one day. The first day we went to Texarkana. Texarkana was not pretty, but driving through Arkansas the second day was beautiful. We stopped at a Motel 6 in Texarkana because … Continue reading Out of Texas
Back-Back to the USA
I’m going home. This time I didn’t want to miss a flight. See my posts from March 5, 2022, to read about missing my connection in LA - called First Two Legs of an Extra Long Flight. Nor did I think it was worth it to travel first or business class. See March 6, 2022 … Continue reading Back-Back to the USA
Down to Earth Farm Retreat, Sarsfield NSW
We discovered the most beautiful place to stop just over the border from Victoria in NSW. It’s not an ocean view, it’s not in the forest, but it is sustainable and pastoral. On our way to a family Christmas gathering we stopped for one night in the Down to Earth Farm Retreat. We stayed in … Continue reading Down to Earth Farm Retreat, Sarsfield NSW
Carpe Diem
Pluck the day. Not seize it, but simply pluck it. I must force myself to open my eyes to the beauty around me. I arrived Down Under last week. They didn't require any tests, or even proof of vaccination, The trip was grueling but uneventful. No delays, no bad weather no missed planes. I flew … Continue reading Carpe Diem
Legs 3 & 4 to Australia, March 2-3-4 2022
I woke up in the Sonesta Airport Hotel, where Delta had put me up when I missed my flight to Syndey. I’d had a nightmare about missing my flight in Syndey, never thinking the problem would be LAX. Refreshed and hungry, I went down to breakfast, but they weren’t open yet. I was stuck where … Continue reading Legs 3 & 4 to Australia, March 2-3-4 2022
First Two Legs of an Extra Long. Austin, Texas to Melbourne, Australia Flight
The first leg: Blow by Blow, Austin to LAX I was riding in the car with my daughter to the airport. I’d been watching the weather in Sydney, worrying about the rain, worrying about catching my flight from Sydney to Melbourne. My daughter said, “Don’t worry Mom, if the rain stops your flight, you can just stay … Continue reading First Two Legs of an Extra Long. Austin, Texas to Melbourne, Australia Flight
The Big Leap
Tree Frog we found at the Wilson Reserve in Melbourne I'm more nervous than this little frog as I prepare to leap across the enormous pond. I've been burrowing through piles of paper work for months trying to get an exemption for a visa to Australia. It was hopeless, I might as well have been … Continue reading The Big Leap
Renaming and Reorganization of my Blog
My blog Visionsfromtwocontinents started, December 11, 2017. That’s five years ago.Now it has a new, easier name, instead of writing visionsfromtwocontinents.blog, you can just look for patsysblog.com Back in 2017, a pandemic was something that only happened long ago, during WWI. In my book Visions from Two Continents: cover I published a letter my uncle Charlie wrote … Continue reading Renaming and Reorganization of my Blog
