And this concludes the record of my wanderings in the Northern Territory of Australia for two months, Aug. and Sept 2010. What a ride this has been. I think its our biggest adventure and we didn't even have PeeWee with us. Tomorrow night I say goodbye to oppressive heat and humidity happily but very unhappy to leave Grandpa behind to continue his work at the hospital. I hope you have enjoyed a short show of my wanderings with Grandpa in this very large country across the pond and so its time to say gooday, mate. See you in a couple of days my lovelies.

...and isn't it worth the wait to see this at sundown. I climbed to the top of this big red rock, all 865 meters almost straight up and have the very sore legs to prove it. It took over 1 1/2 hours to make it to the plaque at the top and back down again. So if I ever mention that I climbed the rock you'll know which one I mean. There's still a 5 hr. bus ride back to Alice Springs that gets us back to the motel by midnight. What a great big day!

there's room for more than the two of us, so the more the merrier. Many tour buses stop here at sunset and set out wine and champagne for everyone to sip as they watch the sun go down reflected against the big red rock and we all enjoy the view.

This is the way it should be, just the two of us and the Rock, but...

This could be a lovely photo taken in our very own red rock country somewhere between Moab and St. George. But its actually the red rock country in the middle of Australia near Alice Springs.

This is the start of our very long journey to see Uluru (or Ayers Rock). We are on our way before sunrise so what you see here is the fading moon in the early morning sky.

I was a missionary for two days while transfers were taking place. I became Sister Tui's companion until her new companion could arrive from Adelaide. She stayed overnight with us on Monday and we went out proseliting all day on Tuesday. It was a very interesting day and I had such a wonderful time. I even went to their district meeting and bore my testimony and role played with them to help hone their skills and I got to meet her new companion. Sister Rau is from Calgary, Canada and I think that together they will be a fantastic duo. The sister missionaries have many more people to teach than the elders and they work so hard. Sister Tui planned our whole day on Tues. and it didn't include time out for lunch or dinner. I think Sister Rau will change that.