Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Blog Bulletin II

Good morning from LAX. Mrs Blog and I will be leaving this evening on a 15-hour flight to Cairns, Australia.

As I said last Wednesday, the UMass Football Blog will go on an about 28-day hiatus while we're in the South Pacific.

That means I'll miss the Spring Game for the first time since Coach Reid was here. Hopefully, Steve, or TopUMass Fan or Top Row will post a comment on how Ross Comis, A.J. Doyle and the other new QB's looked.

Everyone is still welcome to post comments, I'll moderate them when I get a chance.

I may post an image or two (Mrs Blog and I are supposed to ride a camel in the outback---that ought to be a circus!).

Anyway, the Blog will be back publishing regularly about May 15th or so, depending how jet lagged I am.

Go UMass!

UPDATE:

Good evening from Cairns. Looks like I made a good decision about the blog. Internet connections are very limited here in the South Pacific. Most hotels limit access to 1/2 hour. That's no way to run a blog. Hope everyone had fun at the Spring game. I'll check in when I get a chance.

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Dawn camel ride at Ayers Rock. Our camel was named "Trevor". Click on the image and Blogger supplies a larger image.

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Gettin' up close and personal with a croc at Kakdu National Park.


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Mrs Blog feeds a Forester Kangaroo outside of Hobart, Tasmania.


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Remember in LOTR, when the Nazgul crossed the river Loudwater?


Here we are at the same spot. The whole town on Queenstown showed up to watch the filming. Prior to shooting the sequence, the ringwraiths rode up and down the river waiving to kids, which does not fit their image :)


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They speak English in New Zealand, but it's a tad different.



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Bula! Everyone. That and vinaka are the only two fijian words I know so far. Our trip is over in a day or so. 


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