Catching up on last week.....
Trip Start
Mar 14, 2008
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Trip End
Apr 28, 2008
East LA,
California,
United States
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
We trialled some Newcastle Lager at a local Rotarians house, before a cosy night with our respective families.
Thursday 10th we had an early start at Hesperia, one of the smallest clubs we've visited. Without powerpoint presentation we pulled it off well and sang Duncan AND more Beer, much to the amusement of the audience (who even joined in on the latter)!!
Horseriding near Mojave River
! Luce embarrased himself with confusion between two sisters by calling them mother and daughter!!! He apologised, flashed his dimples, and all was forgiven!Lunchtime meeting saw us at a much larger club, Apple Valley, AKA "the best Rotary club in the world" - who happened to have a lot to say, questions to ask, and they even laughed at our jokes AND knew what a dunny and an esky was!!
On to Mojave Narrows Park for a very relaxing trail ride on some draught and quarter horses. Luce was in pain, but that was funny. Jiggy, Ethel, Zipbo and a horse we've forgotten the name of were all shown what it's like to be mastered by an Australian!!
Tim came in 1st position and Luce was sadly at the rear with Jiggy, constantly nagging at our tour guide to come up with a Knock Knock joke......she did come through with the goods without knocking. What did the duck say when it walked in to a bar? Ouch.......3/10, our Australian jokes are much better.
Off to a refreshing microbrewery, Oggis for some delicious snacks, amber and pale ale. Daryl and Hakuna (Raghada) were a laugh and Peter was certainly in full swing.
Whilst on the subject of Peter, we have "forgotten" (pardon the pun) to mention Peter (our esteemed leader's) case of forgetfullness throughout our journey........sunglasses, camera case, box from Tom, uniform guidelines, pin code (ATM) and we're sure theres' others that he hasnt mentioned......he misses you Di.
A beautiful farewell dinner and drinks at the Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce with many Rotarians there from our visit to the Valleys. Very nice night, heaps to chat about. Luce went home to cook up some sticky date pudding (as if they and us need any more!!) Rhonda went to a spanish restaurant to try even more Margharita flavours with her hosts......)
More to come.
GSE TEAM (Luce and Rhonda)
