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We made it! Lindsay's phone did not! We remember seeing it last in Sydney... oh well. The good news is that she had insurance and so a replacement phone was sent overnight. The bad news is that the online contact backup service wasn't working so.... no contacts. That's what facebook is for, right?

We decided that it is much better to begin the trip between the US and AUS at midnight -- not noon. When we left the states, the long flight began at midnight so it was pretty easy to sleep our way through a good part of it. For the return, we left at noon, and pretty much didn't sleep at all. Lindsay reports watching 5 movies. I think I watched 4. Even a sleeping pill didn't help.

As expected the customs process in LA was a nasty series of lines and waiting, but we made it through and made our last flight to Denver. By that time, we were pretty tired, but not too tired to stop at Efrain's for the best Mexican food ever. Then Lindsay and I ran around dealing with the phone and looking for a replacement suitcase (one was trashed on the trip from Knoxville to Denver) and trying to stay awake so we could go to bed at a "normal" hour... like 7:30. We actually made it til about 9, but then had a bad night of waking up every couple of hours. Lindsay even had nightmares!

Now we are doing laundry and telling everyone about the details of the trip. Oh, and working on another birthday celebration for Lindsay! Cake and candles tonight with the grandparents!

Lindsay is off to Chicago tomorrow morning... I think it will be something like her 10th flight of this trip.

G'day, mate. We had a great time.