welcome home

Our return from Australia didn't go as smoothly as we'd hoped. Our Qantas 747 developed a water leak, and half way over the Pacific had run out of all water for drinking and toilets, so we had to stop in Honolulu, to fix the leak and take on more water. Now a brief stopover in Honolulu might sound like a nice idea, except we arrived at 2am local time, and had to sit on the plane on the tarmac while the problem was resolved. Where's the fun in that? This little detour made us 3 hours late getting into LA and so we missed our connection to Salt Lake. Unfortunately, bad weather across the US had put the regular airline services into chaos, and due to the backlog of other already delayed passengers, we weren't able to get another flight until the following day. So as well as an unscheduled stop in Hawaii, we got to spend a night in LA at an airport hotel. When we finally arrived home, we were greeted by falling snow. It was quite a shock after the Summer heat of Australia. Thanks go to our dear neighbors, Shaina & Edwin, for clearing our driveway of snow so we could get in!