Aren’t you all nice, worrying about us driving for ten hours?! That’s why I went with Peter - so that we could share the driving. One drives while the other sleeps and that way it’s not too bad. Still, we left at 7:00 am and got home after midnight. This is where we went…this is Mt Isa.

And this is along the road on the way there…

The highlight of the trip was coming across a poor guy whose engine bay was ON FIRE. There were flames shooting up out of that thing and I didn’t think anyone should be anywhere near it. I’ve seen Bruce Willis movies, people, I KNOW! So, after stopping to find out if we could help at all, we were sent on our way to call 000 (911 in Aus.) from our mobile phone as soon as we were in a mobile coverage area. I got to be the person who called emergency for the fire truck. Cor. Soon after, we heard guys discussing it over the radio (CB). Apparently every man and his dog was there to watch. Not us. We were well out of the blast zone!

Five hours driving each way left me with plenty of thinking time to come up with my “I” list:
Ice Age : Such a fun movie. Makes me laugh every time I watch it.
The Importance of Being Earnest: one of my favourite plays. I LOVE Oscar Wilde. So smart, so funny, so dead.
Eddie Izzard: another great wit and still alive- also funny and smart. Very smart. Clever. (Oscar reincarnate? hmm, maybe.)

Inspector Morse and It Ain’t half Hot Mum: two very different TV shows but both very good. They are both BBC productions - I wonder if you guys in USA have seen them?
Indiana Jones movies : I’m probably over them now, but weren’t they fun at the time??
John Irving: had a love/hate thing with him, too. The Hotel New Hampshire is a wonderful book, but there have been others that I could hardly finish. I suspect the mans ego is getting in the way these days.
I Believe in a Thing Called Love by The Darkness: what a cool song! Makes me want to wear a sequined jumpsuit (In private. In the dark.) But I also go into a trance when I hear Nina Simone singing “I Put a Spell on You“.
“It seemed like a good idea at the time.” Peter must have said this ten thousand times in the twenty nine years that I’ve known him! Fortunately, he is highly principled so it tends to be less of an excuse and more of an explanation of success!

Essentials of life: innovation, inspiration, intimacy, ideals

That’s it, kids. I can’t think of any “I” words that sound good. Go on, tell me what they are…