Traveling the Distance: Day 1

Hello Everyone,

I am officially traveling for real (Listening to the TSA announcement about unattended bags at SFO as I write this). Anyway, travels so far have been boring and uneventful. This means awesome if you have never flown before. Arrived at Jackson International Airport at 7am to be at my gate for a 9:30am flight at 7:20am. That's okay, it's better to be prepared than be sorry. Flight to Houston then a long jump to San Francisco (4 hours). This is where the fun begins.

Our flight from Houston landed at 3pm and our flight to Sydney isn't until 10:50pm (the reason I am writing this). What did Nathan and I do for 6 free hours? Went downtown San Fran, that's what. As a newbie in the city, it was a great quick experience. Great enough that I will be traveling back here again very soon.

We started off getting a cab to the Wharf. See picture for proof.

So there is proof. What else did we do in San Fran. Emily this one is for you (Food Photography is at least). That's clam chowder in a sour dough bowl. It was eaten while overlooking the bay. Pretty awesome stuff.

Now, while this doesn't pertain to my research and Australia, it is still an update. We are getting ready to board our flight here in the next hour, hopefully without any problems. I will not be able to post for Tuesday as I will be in the air. I land 6am Wednesday in Australia, for anyone interested this is +10:00 UTC, 16 hours ahead of my crew at Mississippi State. I will be sure to post pictures of my area I will reside in for 15 hours (at least I got a window seat). For the mean time check out the trolley and me on Hyde Street climbing my way to Lombard (famous as I was told by Nathan, a resident of this city some years ago).

Thank you all for continuing to read my blog. Real cool Australian stuff will be coming soon.

Regards,

Shane