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Final Planning Weeks – US Trip

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Due to a number of reasons our planned trip to the US has been brought forward and extended by a few weeks.

Now leaving Sunday 10th July and returning Monday 5th September – a total of 6 weeks.  Ian starts his new job on 8th September 2011.  We are planning two full weeks in Abilene with Scott and Leonie before we fly home, a perfect way to end our trip.

I am currently in the final stages of planning. Flights have been changed (ouch) especially when I originally had return flights for the great price of $998 return Dallas. Qantas certainly make changes to flights expensive but it has been worth it for us at this time.

Sadly we will now miss Indee’s first birthday but will Skype in to be a part of all the birthday action.

For those interested, I am going to post our proposed driving itinerary here in the next couple of days. Keep in mind the only confirmed bookings are flights in and flights home so things could change as we go along

Anyone with suggestions for places to visit and things to do please add them here

This trip was originally planned to take in the Iowa State Fair, we are still going to get to the fair and it will be fun to compare it with Sydney’s own Easter show.

Gold Coast – Theme Parks with the Boys

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We set off for a few days on the Gold Coast on Saturday 18th September, the weather report was for five days solid rain, not a good start. As it turned out we dodged most of the rain and the weather was warm. Our first night was at Foster and the boys got an opportunity to try out their fishing rods, unfortunately, as usual, the fish weren’t cooperating but the enjoyed it all the same. The excitement of staying in a motel was enough for the boys and they were worried about the fish. Didn’t stop us having fish and chips for dinner before everyone turned in. Blake was asleep by 7pm and the other two weren’t far behind. Next leg was from Foster to Ballina with a stop at Coffs Harbour for breakfast and a quick visit to the Big Banana.