NEARLY THERE

wow tomorrow is the day - its finally here. We are all packed, the house is sorted and stuff organised. We have had some last minute changes to our schedule and now have an extra two days in LA due to flight changes - such a hardship. We will go with the flow but intend to venture down into Mexico. Today has also been a sad one as my uncle passed away today. RIP uncle Colin. This has changed our children's plans a bit as mum and dad are now going to be busy this week organising his funeral and sorting out all the estate stuff so the kids are going to Te Anau now. Alex is a little annoyed as this means a week away from his girl friend - such a hardship. Our hosts have emailed our programme for us and its really exciting and there are so many things that we are going to be doing that I never dreamed of. There is a football match, a ice hockey game, visit to a Dairy farm that produces and bottles its own milk, a power station visit, rotary meeting, and many other things. They have really put allot of effort and thought into our programme. I am most looking forward to the football match and the ice hockey game. Another exciting thing is t plane flight over Kansas in a small plane, and a day with the School officials. We wont want to come home. We will keep you posted as Internet access becomes available , but most probably there wont be a Post until we are in Missouri.