A visit to the USA and a BIG, BIG year ahead
Starting 2026 with a blast Greetings and happy new year, L'ORIENTals. Lots to report and to preview. We've been back to the US, made huge plans, and, of course, spent kilo-dollars on travel and L'ORIENT. Brisbane Airport........you get used to stuff like this in Australia To catch you up, we took the short, convenient, and inexpensive (sarcasm alert) flight from Brizzy to LAX and on to Chicago. After catching our breath, we then went to Wisconsin to visit Kirstin's dad. We were greeted by brisk midwestern temperatures (sub zero)........remember it's trending toward Summer in Australia so our limited inventory of winter clothes was required. An early snow at the beginning of December tested our very rusty snow shoveling skills, as someone close to us had inexplicably bought an electric snow shovel which only worked on dry snow less than 4 inches deep. Unfortunately, the actual snow was wet and far deeper. No hard feelings, as Kirstin and I recovered the use of bot...