Tuesday 11th March - dawned Bright and Early - very early due to jet lag - 3.00pm to be exact. Used early rise to get an early start and headed out in South Westerly direction - through Barstow - en-route to Bakersfield as an approximate overnight stop. Stopped at Calico - a silver mine ghost town, now a living museum, that in its hey-day, housed several thousand people. The last inhabitant died at the age of 93 in 1988. Her original home and furniture set out as a historical display. The bookshelf was home to a number of old books. It was gratifying to see a number of old JW books - "Vindication" & "Light" to name but a few. Was she contacted by some early JW missionaries???? A pleasant thought to contemplate. Due to a couple of our team members flagging and the 84 degree sunshine, detoured to Victorville Stayed overnight in Hilton with D,B&B, heated pool and spa. All indulged in sheer luxury. Cazz working on her awful American accent. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=barstow&ie=UTF8&ll=34.511083,-117.366943&spn=1.905541,3.702393&z=8
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- 2008-03-17 @ 02:37:36
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- 2008-03-17 @ 08:55:47
Gday folks, sounds like all having fun. You go always goto LAX and get flight to litle oulde NZ. Plenty to see and do out here. Pancakes for breakfast could always be arranged.
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- 2008-03-17 @ 16:33:57
Hello!!groovy gang! Wow!!
hope you are all having a fantastic time!?!
Thanks Sam for the Breakfast list..made us hungry!
have you seen the Sequoia trees yet? The brother ment them in his talk on Sun.! amazing what a small seed they come from!
mick n Hel n Co just back from the states had gr8 time! saw a Broadway show and visited the Bethel!
keep in touch!
lots love Di n John N lads
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- 2008-03-19 @ 08:30:19
Hi Gang just to let you know we are following your blog. Bet your having a fantastic time. Bet you were the one scared to camp out cos of the Bears wer'nt you Brian. Oh! & Sam who's Miss Winkworth. By for now, will pick on some of the others later. Enjoy your holiday
Geoff Tine & Ben. -
- 2008-03-20 @ 22:01:11
Hey Caroline!
Glad to see/hear you're having such a great time.
Thanks for the link. Have fun. Looking forward to seeing more photos.
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- 2008-03-23 @ 14:44:02
Excellent blog more photos please. I'd love to see funny ones. What did Miss Winkworth's new hairdo look like? I heard stories of people falling over in the snow, give us a laugh with pics of you flat out in the cold! We'd all enjoy it.
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- 2008-03-24 @ 01:32:22
There are some pictures that will never been seen on this site if I can help it and my hairdo is one of them!!!
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- 2008-03-26 @ 10:12:29
Hi folks! Glad to hear you're having agood time, and that Mom and Dad are still alive! On that note, could you ask then to email me please? I think they're enjoying themselves a little too much.....
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- 2008-03-26 @ 10:16:30
...I probably should make this a bit more simple for them; My email address is megalift(at)hotmail.com
Please someone explain about the @ thing.....
Thanks!
Paul
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- 2008-03-29 @ 15:28:08
Well howdie all our pals in the big country!
Glad to hear your having such a great time. Very impressed with the pics, particularly the one of the Tree! Should have taken your chian saw & log splitter Bri! Would 'v kept the old wood burner going for years!
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- 2008-03-30 @ 15:31:11
We love your curls Caroline,
samharries007
Hi sam here, so here's some more info of our trip so far, after "playing games" with Miss Winkworth our games master!! And going to bed, we woke early this morning (07:40ish), and we went to have breakfast at a local cafe (well as the sign outside said "Eggs Bacon and Things!) We had: Brian; Toast, jam, cereal, coffee, yogurt. Caroline; Bacon, egg, pancakes, coffee. Denise; Eggs, fries, coffeee. John; Toast, jam, coffee. Millie; Coffee. Russell; Sausage, eggs, pancakes, Pink Lemonade (UGH!!!) Helen; Toast, jam, eggs, coffee. Sam; Pancakes. (I KNOW you don't belive me but its true!) At 1:00pm (our time) we went to the local congregation named Oakhurst (The ladies toilets were so AOWSOME!(not that i go looking in the ladies toilets!!! No i just got told they were.))where 3 congregations use the hall one at 9:30am, one at 1:00pm and one at 3:30pm. Will write some more later but going to "play games" with Miss Winkworth again and some of the other gang so, TTFN