Aussie Millions - Pre trip
December
I was in Maryland for the holidays when I got the email from AlCantHang about the available seats on the Full Tilt jet to Australia. I immediately wrote to him - “hell yeah, I want to go” or something like that. I sent an email to Miami Don telling him “let’s go crazy and run off to Australia.” We had been chatting sporadically since the Winter Gathering and I thought it might be fun to run away with an almost complete stranger. He said he already had beach plans with the Asshat Frat Crew - Buddy Dank, ScottMc, Hoy and cracknaces. I asked him to take lots of photos - you’ve seen this one, but boy oh boy, you should see the rest!
I didn’t hear back from Al so I figured the seats were already taken.
January
In the middle of the week before the flight to Australia Al asked me if I still wanted to go. I had pretty much pushed the thought of going out of my mind, instead thinking of a February trip to Vegas. I mentioned the offer to Tammy and she insisted I had to go. Thus started a frenzy of activity - booking a flight to LA, hotel accommodations in Sydney, info on things to do, places to see, digging warm weather clothes out of boxes. I rushed home knowing that my passport expired in 08 and thinking it may be January. Luckily it expires JUN 08 and not JAN 08. All was good. Until I realized the Al and Riggstad weren’t going, that Dawn Summers and I were taking their seats. Damn! I was so looking forward to drinking with Al down under.
Up next - NY to LA, LA to Auckland, Auckland to Melbourne, Melbourne to Sydney. In other words, hell at 35,000 ft.