First Stop On US Visit

Ok so I have not done an entry here for so so long but I have a good reason. We have been so busy getting ready for your trip to the US. Now we are here and I can relax a bit and catch up.

Our first port of call was LA. We only had a night there and where very tired from the trip but we just had to take the oppotunity to do something while there that we can later say "We went there and did that" so tired and all that we where we booked a night time tour of Hollywood. This tour took in Universal Studios or at least a walk along the City Walk part outside the gates, no time to do any of the other stuff with just being there for the night, the tour also took us to the Hollywood walk of fame with the stars on the sidewalk and the hand prints of the stars on the pavement outside the Chinese Theater. We then went on down Sunset Strip at night just as it was hotting up -- only drove down there and then to Rodao Drive at night. All these expesive shops where shut up for the night but we got to have a little walk up and down the street to put our finger marks on their windows.

Nick was not well in the last leg of the long flight from NZ but seemed ok to do the tour of Hollywood but I think the heat got to him as he was not at all well in the night with some sort of fever it seems. We did also have some stressfull time waiting in line to get our bording passes for the flight to Philly and for a while thought we might actually miss our flight at 8.35am inspite of being up at 5.30am. But we made it and we are here now. Pennsylvania put on a spectacular thunder and lightening show for us that we had to drive through to get to Duane and Amy's place in Wilkes Barre.

We have just basically been taking it easy and resting up today and catching up on some sleep an bit and getting use to the change of seasons and the muggy heat here. More thunder and lightening expected tonight. Oh I got woken by the wiff of skunk in the middle of the night as well, Nick missed it as he slept right through it.

I don't know why but I don't seem able to post any pictures so will add them later.