We love having visitors and this past week we were lucky to have Trevor and Jeremy visiting from Seattle. For those of you who don't know, Trevor is one of my best childhood friends (we met in 6th grade at the International School). It was so nice to be able to spend some time together and to get to know Jeremy.
It was a busy few days as we tried to cram in as much sightseeing as possible. Our first stop was Magnetic Island. This is Alexis and me on the ferry over to the island (that's Townsville and Castle Hill in the background).
Our next stop was Billabong Sanctuary. Trevor and Jeremy loved all of the native animals. Here's Jeremy feeding one of the resident kangaroos.
Day number three was a trip to Charters Towers. T & J wanted an "outback" experience and Charters Towers is only an hour drive from Townsville, so off we went. It was fun to learn about the town's gold mining history and meet some colourful locals. Unfortunately, Alexis never really warmed up to T & J (I think it was just because they are boys, though she did let Trevor read her a story a few times), but I really wanted a picture of them with her, so here it is (this is the lookout on top of Towers Hill in Charters Towers):
That night we had dinner out at one of our favourite restaurants, Osmans. I called ahead to book us one of their pillow lounges (it's a Turkish restaurant). It was nice to be able to let Alexis crawl around a bit on the pillows and actually be able to have some adult conversation.
Our last day together, we drove up to Castle Hill to enjoy the views . . .
Thanks Trevor and Jeremy for making the long trip to Australia. We were so happy to have you here for the week.
(Looking back over the post, I realised that there are no pictures of John. Unfortunately John didn't get to do any of the day trips with us, as he's working very hard on this thesis. He did come to dinner at Osmans, but he was the one taking the picture. Thanks for working so hard Daddy, we love you!)
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