Heading Down Under, The Long Version (5/21/23)

Bob and I have had a lovely, relatively relaxing week or so since leaving North Carolina (if you don’t count a car fix for us and another for my mom). We visited a couple of new university towns and had good visits with my aunt in Chicago, my mom in Janesville, WI, and an uncle and aunt in Evansville, WI.

We left our car in Janesville and took the regional bus to O’Hare yesterday and then the metro to a nearby hotel so we wouldn’t have to worry about any bus issues this morning. After my last run for a few days, we had a relaxing morning at the hotel before we headed back to the airport via the free hotel shuttle.

We have walked most of the terminals and are now waiting to board to begin our 31 hour journey to Adelaide, Australia. We have a 4.5 flight to Vancouver, Canada, a 4.5 hour layover there, a 15.5 hour flight to Sydney, Australia, a 5 hour layover there, and then finally a 2 hour flight to Adelaide. Praying for some ability to sleep and lots of patience (prayers needed for both).

We are heading to Australia for a housesit in Melbourne, but prior to that, we will be traveling to see more of the country as part of an early celebration of Bob’s upcoming 60th birthday in August, and I’ll be running a marathon outside of Adelaide on 5/28 (fingers crossed).