One more sleep and everything is ready

Just one more night to sleep and then the adventure starts.

Passport and other documents are ready, along with credit cards and binocs and scope and clothes for hot and cooler weather.  I just packed a pair of gloves as you never know. 

Teddy has been patrolling me the last two days since he saw the luggage.  He kept trying to lie down inside the suitcase or taking my packed items out.  That is what prompted me to pack on Monday night.  Teddy looks like one of those 70's velvet paintings of dogs with big sad eyes right now.  He is not a happy dog right now.  But he will adjust.  I know he can be fickle, and within a day, he is Norm's best buddy, although Norm says he doesn't need a buddy!  They both sit on the couch and watch TV together in the evenings. 

I am sending the link to this blog to all my birding friends and non-birding friends as I will not send a daily email but will use the Blog to communicate often about the birds and my travel experiences.  This is if I have WIFI access in Australia.  Most places I have traveled have free WIFI, except for Vegas.  In Australia, one is charged for the internet and it is expensive.  So it will all depend on the WIFI availability.  I have found some accommodations with free WIFI but these are the exception. 

So check my blog if you want some news of this trip. Colleen has stayed behind, although she is in Edmonton right now and is starting this trip later as her daughter and son in law are expecting their first baby tomorrow and Colleen is there to share in the excitement of the new baby, support her daughter in the early days and then will join me in Australia in early November for the Sydney, Tasmania, Melbourne and New Zealand part of the birding trip.

Barb