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- onsdag 4. oktober 2017 20:48
- 🌙 11 °C
- Høyde: 249 ft
Forente staterPorter City Park44°34’44” N 123°16’20” W
One week countdown
4. oktober 2017, Forente stater ⋅ 🌙 11 °C
Meet Beber (German for Beaver), our trusted travel mascot. His first trip with us was to Germany 9 years ago. He is just as ramped up for the trip as us. Wish he’d help us with the packing. Our goalLes mer
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- Dag 7
- onsdag 11. oktober 2017 08:01
- 🌧 6 °C
- Høyde: 207 ft
- Forente staterCity of Corvallis44°33’57” N 123°11’40” W
Wood Castle partial day (David)
11. oktober 2017, Forente stater ⋅ 🌧 6 °C
Getting way ahead at work so I can really enjoy the vacation.
Bit of a rainy morning to start.
David Sallee
This is Buckbeard the pirate Beav-arrr. Our office mascot and distant relative of our travel mascot.
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- Dag 7
- onsdag 11. oktober 2017 11:32
- ☁️ 10 °C
- Høyde: 266 ft
- Forente staterCity of Corvallis44°34’5” N 123°16’31” W
Pre flight lunch
11. oktober 2017, Forente stater ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Loaded Soup at Qdoba
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- Dag 7
- onsdag 11. oktober 2017 13:11
- ⛅ 12 °C
- Høyde: 262 ft
- Forente staterAdair County Park44°40’23” N 123°12’44” W
Last Minute Disc Golf
11. oktober 2017, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Round at Adair
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- Dag 7
- onsdag 11. oktober 2017 15:51
- 🌧 12 °C
- Høyde: 249 ft
- Forente staterPorter City Park44°34’44” N 123°16’20” W
All packed and ready, but...
11. oktober 2017, Forente stater ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
Our flight to SFO is delayed. Crossing our fingers we are still okay to make connection.
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- Dag 7
- onsdag 11. oktober 2017 17:48
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Høyde: 217 ft
- Forente staterBooneville Channel44°31’50” N 123°16’3” W
On way to Eug airport
11. oktober 2017, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
On road now, just got another update. More delay. We now have 30 min to get to our plane leg to Sydney. 😞 in another terminal.
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- Dag 7
- onsdag 11. oktober 2017 19:46
- ☁️ 8 °C
- Høyde: 397 ft
- Forente staterMahlon Sweet Field Airport44°7’10” N 123°12’43” W
This is such a sad situation...
11. oktober 2017, Forente stater ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Next available they say is Saturday!!!!!! We are still at airport trying to find a better situation. ☹️😖😣😧 many emotions, none good.
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- Dag 7
- onsdag 11. oktober 2017 21:26
- ⛅ 7 °C
- Høyde: 213 ft
- Forente staterPorter City Park44°34’41” N 123°16’20” W
Home until tomorrow
11. oktober 2017, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
So, here's the current situation . . .
Tomorrow we will be going to the airport for a second try. Both Brenda and I will be flying from Eugene to San Fran together (Econo Plus).
We are leavingLes mer
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- Dag 8
- torsdag 12. oktober 2017 10:13
- 🌧 8 °C
- Høyde: 207 ft
- Forente staterMillrace44°32’27” N 123°15’59” W
On our way to Eugene airport again
12. oktober 2017, Forente stater ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
We are gonna try it again today. Wish us lots of luck.
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- Dag 8
- torsdag 12. oktober 2017 11:58
- 🌧 9 °C
- Høyde: 397 ft
- Forente staterMahlon Sweet Field Airport44°7’10” N 123°12’43” W
Negotiations at the counter
12. oktober 2017, Forente stater ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
Still trying to get him on my flight in Business class. No luck yet.
David SalleeThe United App really came in handy. I was able to see that a first class ticket became available and had him do some checking
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- Dag 8
- torsdag 12. oktober 2017 12:35
- 🌧 9 °C
- Høyde: 338 ft
- Forente staterMahlon Sweet Field Airport44°7’12” N 123°12’50” W
Eugene Gate
12. oktober 2017, Forente stater ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
Waiting for our flight
So, finally good news!
We are both flying First Class from Eugene to SF AND we are now going to be on the same plane and both of us in First class there as well.
Took aLes mer
ReisendeI almost cried (for joy this time) when the agent (Jacques) found us at security and handed David his first class boarding pass. We are not sitting together in first class, but we can deal with that. Jacques, you’re the man!! Thank you for helping us, each of the many times we visited you at the counter.
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- Dag 8
- torsdag 12. oktober 2017 13:45
- 🌧 10 °C
- Høyde: 312 ft
- Forente staterHarrisburg44°16’49” N 123°9’38” W
First Class leg 1
12. oktober 2017, Forente stater ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
Here we go!
ReisendeThe pilot was really nice. Told me Sydney is his most favorite city to fly to. We started chatting about places to eat and various benefits of different airplanes and cabin pressure. He invited me to chat in cockpit so we didn’t block traffic. Nice guy and he got us to SFO safely.
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- Dag 8
- torsdag 12. oktober 2017 15:40
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Høyde: 5 046 ft
- Forente staterPlaskett Ridge39°42’6” N 122°52’52” W
California Fires
12. oktober 2017, Forente stater ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
On the way.
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- Dag 8
- torsdag 12. oktober 2017 16:18
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Høyde: 89 ft
- Forente staterSan Francisco Airport station37°37’6” N 122°23’31” W
San Fran Global Lounge
12. oktober 2017, Forente stater ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Our home until flight time
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- Dag 8
- torsdag 12. oktober 2017 21:47
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Høyde: 89 ft
- Forente staterSan Francisco Airport station37°37’6” N 122°23’31” W
Getting ready to board soon
12. oktober 2017, Forente stater ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
I think this is really gonna happen!!! Whoa, get ready for the adventure. 😮
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- Dag 10
- lørdag 14. oktober 2017 06:30
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Høyde: Sjønivå
Coral Sea27°26’30” S 154°40’32” E
Coming into Sydney
14. oktober 2017, Coral Sea ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Just about there!
Some recaps from the trip.
I managed to move my seat once again, so this time I was in row one of Polaris class, two seats away from Brenda.
The nice man sitting next to me wasLes mer
David SalleeTo add to the entertainment of the Polaris class, I got dribbled on from the landing due to the A/C unit and I also managed to lock up the entertainment system about 45 min before landing.
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- Dag 10
- lørdag 14. oktober 2017 09:00
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Høyde: 30 ft
AustraliaAlexandra Canal33°56’14” S 151°9’53” E
Landed and ready to go to the place
14. oktober 2017, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Brenda hooking us up with Uber
Customs was super easy.
Most of it was electronic since we have the passports with the chip. You go to a self serve station, scan the passport, answer a couple ofLes mer
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- Dag 10
- lørdag 14. oktober 2017 09:45
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Høyde: 33 ft
- AustraliaKings Cross Railway Station33°52’28” S 151°13’40” E
Our Sydney Home Base
14. oktober 2017, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Our main location for Sydney
We got the tour from our super awesome host. She even was nice enough to discount the day that we were unable to make it, so now we have a little bit of Aussie $$$ toLes mer
ReisendeThe fig tree here in the window is massive. The owner says there are all kinds of native birds that stop by like cockatoos and parrots. David just saw one. We are about to do some exploration about town. This place is in a suburb of Sydney so not in city center itself. We’ll post more later.
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- Dag 10
- lørdag 14. oktober 2017 10:10
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Høyde: 16 ft
- AustraliaCYC33°52’28” S 151°13’59” E
First Walkabout
14. oktober 2017, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Checking out the bay
We went for quite the walk. Saw an intense cricket match, lots of excellent views of the bay including a long distance view of the Sydney Bridge. Plus, our training to use theLes mer
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- Dag 10
- lørdag 14. oktober 2017 13:45
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Høyde: 33 ft
- AustraliaKings Cross Railway Station33°52’28” S 151°13’40” E
Pies for lunch!
14. oktober 2017, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Tandoori Veggies for Brenda, meat pie for me.
We also got some chips that seemed to be Aussie inspired.
Visited the grocery store and had fun picking up a few items for our week. Brenda wanted toLes mer
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- Dag 10
- lørdag 14. oktober 2017 17:27
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Høyde: 66 ft
- AustraliaKings Cross Railway Station33°52’28” S 151°13’38” E
Dinner Walkabout
14. oktober 2017, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
In search of Elvis.
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- søndag 15. oktober 2017 07:39
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Høyde: 33 ft
- AustraliaKings Cross Railway Station33°52’28” S 151°13’40” E
Public Transit Day
15. oktober 2017, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Let's check out the city! But before heading out we got to enjoy the Aussie version of ‘Lassie’. ‘Skippy’ the kangaroo. Older show, about same time as Lassie. Very cheesy with fake animal pawsLes mer
ReisendeCheck out this link to get a nice feel for how hilarious Skippy is. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r3HkUKoGoc4
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- Dag 11
- søndag 15. oktober 2017 09:12
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Høyde: 72 ft
- AustraliaRose Garden33°51’48” S 151°12’55” E
Sydney botanical garden
15. oktober 2017, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
We only got to see a corner of Gardens. They are huge.
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- Dag 11
- søndag 15. oktober 2017 09:46
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Høyde: 30 ft
- AustraliaSydney Cove33°51’31” S 151°12’47” E
Sydney Opera House
15. oktober 2017, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Of course tons of pictures
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- Dag 11
- søndag 15. oktober 2017 11:28
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Høyde: 33 ft
- AustraliaCircular Quay33°51’38” S 151°12’41” E
ReisendeI get the big suitcase. 😉