I've been hanging in Forestville for the last bunch of days...since Saturday. Meg's sister Moria and her boyfriend Seth live up here in a beautiful wooden house in a huge stand of redwood trees. It's been pretty chilled here- we've just hung out basically. Done some walks, managed to get to the gym today, friends have visited, and we've gone visiting crew as well. they have a wicked hot tub upstairs that I've spent a bit of time in. The other total bonus to ...

Well, I made it! I just keep learning again and again that there's no point trying to anticipate anything because you can never know what something's going to be like until the moment arrives. It's very true of this trip so far. What to tell? Kia took me to the airport in Brisbane. The drive up was great. Very connecting. We talked and held hands and soaked each other up. Love that woman. When we gotto the airport I started feeling nervous. I couldn't wo...