Itinerary and departure

Charlie and Shadow, the Toyota Tacoma and Volkswagen Jetta respectively, both needed moving this Saturday morning. The parking lot will be plowed at 9AM. It's uncommonly cold. Minnesota has it's first complete early winter blanket of state-wide snow cover in 10 years - temperatures are normal, meaning a lot colder earlier than I've experienced.

I wonder what the temperature actually is as I drive past a black man, with a black beard and white icicles coming off his face this morning. Did you assume he was homeless? Just in case, he's an affluent Kenwood businessman out on a morning pleasure walk...with icicles in his beard. Gloves with high tech thermal begin to feel invisible.

The current temperature in Sydney, where I will be on Sunday, is around 70 degrees. The current time there is 2:49AM, tomorrow night.

Here is the approximate itinerary:

08 DEC Depart MSP
10 DEC Arrive SYDNEY, visit with Rebecca's mother's sister, Lila and daughter Chechnen's family. Also Greg Andle, an old Lost Boy from Bangor back back in the day, lives with his wife Asa (pronounced Ossa - also originally Swedish) in Syndney - serious catch up time is in the pipeline.
15 DEC Decamp for BUNDEENA which is a large park just south of SYDNEY, camp for a while
17 DEC Arrive CANBERRA, about 60km south of BUNDEENA, the capital territory and where more family live and Jenny, Keith's girlfriend has a house
18 DEC Travel along the Southeastern Coast - very scenic - towards Melbourne staying at small coastal towns along the way with Rebecca solo. 3 nights on the road taking our time.
20 DEC Arrive PHILLIPS ISLAND, south of Melbourne, for a family reunion on the Harrison side of the family (Rebecca's father Keith Harrison)
27 DEC Fly back to SYDNEY, one night before departure back to the US
28 DEC Arrive in LA before we left SYDNEY