Visiting the Aussies I met in Egypt in Vegas

On Tuesday, I decided to 'pay it forward' and drove 3.5 hours from Los Angeles to Las Vegas to meet up for 6 hours with some new found friends from Australia. I met Maria (and now her husband Curl) during our trip to Egypt back in January. It was great to see them again, and I am looking forward to seeing them when we travel to Australia one day... I'll update photos once I download them.

We actually covered 4 continents on this trip...Australia, United States, Egypt, and Europe - we took a ride up the Eiffel Tower at Paris Paris!

Fires over the past week.

Los Angeles County, specifically in La Canada, CA where I live had quite the week with fires! check out these fabulous websites with timelapsed videos/photos:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIm9Th6yq7U
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8xB1c0cx58
http://vimeo.com/dffinnerty/videos
http://danfinnerty.smugmug.com/Forest-Fires/Station-Fire/DC10-Over-JPL/9455373_9stZW#634275106_6BBZ5
I've also got a few on my facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/nicksmomkelly?ref=profile

I was never in real danger from the fire - thankfully because the "Santa Ana" winds did not appear. If there was wind, it would have been a firestorm and I could have lost everything!

Hopefully it'll be a much quieter week!

Labor Day Weekend

It's that time of year again...off to the beach house for "Fiesta de la Hermosa" http://www.fiestahermosa.com/ . Skype will be on, please call.