Quick Trip

We have just returned from an emergency trip to Canada.  We had a phone call early morning on March 19 and flew out two days later, returning on Friday March 30.  We certainly noticed the difficulty of the time difference and distance between Australia and Canada when we were in a hurry to get to Calgary.  It was a 29 hour trip door to door from Brisbane to Calgary, a longer trip than normal because we had a couple of long layovers once we go to the US.  We were lucky to get seats on the same flights however, so we really can't complain.  On the way back we moved a couple of flights and spent one night and a day in San Franciso, rather than having a 9 hour layover.  It was a much better trip back.
This was our first trip time back in Calgary since moving to Australia.  We were assured by everyone that they were having the nicest winter in years, and what did we get?  Six days of snow and freezing weather, and not a hint of blue sky the entire time!   It was good to have the comfort of familiarity at such a tough time and it was nice to see that the Bow Building is now done, although we missed the opening of the Peace Bridge.  We'll check it out on our next trip back.

Finish Bow Building (and grey sky) in Calgary

Our stop in San Francisco was our fourth visit to the city.  We always like San Franciso and this trip reinforced that, although we actually had a hobo throw rocks at us and another couple!   We have never seen anything like that on our previous trips and hopefully we never see it again.

Coit Tower (and lightly less grey sky) in San Francisco

Tomorrow is back to work and normal routine.  JB's radio interview with the CBC aired while we were in Calgary, so she basked in the short-lived celebrity status (not even 15 minutes of fame for her!) for as long as possible.

The Manly Harbour (with a pretty blue sky) east of Brisbane