Its all over

Well thats the end of my travels, I returned to the Island on Weds very tired.

A huge thanks to everyone who I have met on my trip from the friends I finally got to meet at comicon, the comic pros and new friends from the hostels etc

Also a big thanks to the relatives who put up with me.

So, thats it for this blog, I will leave it up for a short time and will look forward to the next one.

R

Chasin' beer, Drinkin' guns and Shootin' wimmin'...

So here I am in Titusville home of Gina (sister) and Kent (her husband).
Been a cracking couple of days, been on a train ride to see the first oil find in the world, met kent's family who are all fantastic, Gina and Kent's work mates (hello Wingnut) and been a shootin' at the range.

It was all going so well until.....

More tomorrow but after all the travelling was going without a hitch today it had to happen. A security alert at Charlotte Airfield ****ed everything up. Typical.

Still, here now, great to see Gina and Kent, already been to Walmart, is there no end to the wonder that is Walmart...did you know they sell ammunition??

Random Photo's from along the trip.

Some more random images from various points on the trip, mostly taken via the magic of the camera phone. G'day to Aussie Chris and Top O' tha' morning' to Irish Kev, comrades from Ocean Beach or THE O.B.


Alyssa from Top Cow and the Russmeister.


An unaware barmaid from the irish bar at Ocean Beach.


Another unsuspecting barmaid from Ocean Beach, this one was actually Irish.


A cool Camper.


Universal Studios, LA.


One of the huge screens at the Lucasfilm Comic-Con stand, it was amazing how the place seemed to stop still around this stand as people watched segments from Episode 3. Folk love the stories from A Galaxy Far, Far away....


Ice Sculpture at Lucasfilm etc Comic-Con party.


Pacific Coast beach.


A Lordi goes for the grope " oh sorry, I didn't meant to grab you there" states an unconvincing Scandinavian.

Sheath and Rudder meet LORDI!!!

I don't think I have posted this before....

Oh my....Lordi, here we are with weirdo nordic rock gods and winners of the Eurovison a couple of years back.

Scary.

Tomorrow...

Tomorrow (Friday) I leave Memphis and head north to Pittsburgh and then Titusville taking in some of the USA's finest regional airports on the way, 3 changes and stops to be exact.

Really looking forward to seeing Gina, Kent etc for a few days and then back to the sunshine Isle on 15th.

Been a cracking trip so far and met so many nice people but am tired (and running out of dosh) so will be good to get back and I haven't been to the Island for almost a year so looking forward to seeing people there too.

Flight at 9.25 in the morning tomorrow so I leave you with these images of the Misissipi(sorry for spelling)and Memphis.

Coyote Ugly

Despite being one of those movies that all girls seem to own (along with Dirty Dancing) there is actually a few Coyote Ugly bars dotted about and in the spirit of investigation to better understand the fairer sex I decided to go in, have a few drinks, play Jenga with the girls (seriously) and have food.

This young lady begged me to release her from her life of dancing on bars to awful Leanne Rymes songs, alas I have no space in my rucksack so she will, along with all the others will have to stay in the land of the free.

Officially my new favourite place and beats Hooters hands down!

Notice my somewhat limp camp pose? Well that's because the young lady asked me to act gay, saying that there was more testosterone in the room since I walked in than in the entire US Marine Corps and could I tone it down a bit, hence my best Mika / Singer from the Scissor Sisters impression....honest!