September 12 - On Our Way to Sydney Australia



4:30 Am Departure from Punta Gorda

 Here we are all set for our Australian Odessey loading up the luggage into the car of our friends, Dorrit and Bruce.  Wow, what great friends to tote us up to Ft Myers Airport at that early hour!

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We flew via Houston and San Francisco.  We had quite a layover in the City By the Bay so we hopped a BART commuter train connecting to a trolley (SF Muni F Line) to
Fisherman's Wharf.  It was a beautiful day!  After a great seafood lunch, we toured a restored Liberty Ship, the SS Jeremiah O'Brien , and then took a harbor cruise under the Golden Gate Bridge and checked out Alcatraz from the sea.  Richard snapped some great pictures.  Check them out above. 

At 11:00 PM we boarded our 13-hour flight for Sydney, just a mear 7,439 miles across the Pacific.  We lucked out and managed to get seats in the less crowded back of the plane and were able to take turns lying across 3 seats.  We actually were able to get a little sleep and arrived in Australia at 6:00 AM - losing an entire day!  No Tuesday!