Well, the bowling is over. No more medals for Gar, but he finished 4th overall in the B1's. He had great days on Thursday and Friday, but Saturday wasn't so hot. I'm very proud of his tournament though. The experience has been incredible. We have made so many new friends, the Aussies, both the volunteers and the bowlers are wonderful. I have many e-mail addresses, even more pictures, and the memoriess........I can't even start. I'm sure that you will all get sick of hearing about Australia, but it has been incredible. One of my favorite memories is of Chinese Tai-Pai on the medal stand. There was one man who kept winning golds, and everytime he was on the medal stand, he would sing his national anthem so loudly and so proudly, it would bring tears to my eyes. You should see some the Aussie blind women do pole dances with their canes. As we've said many times, this week, Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oy, Oy, Oy, Aussie, Oy. So many wonderful memories, so many new friends.
Today, Team USA went sight seeing. We took a tour coach and went to Olympic Stadium. The Aussies are quite proud of their efforts there, as they had a wonderful time, did not go into debt and have structures that they still use. From there we went to Featherdale Animal Park. We spent two hours walking through the grounds, petting kangaroos, wallabies and koalas. We saw other animals native to Australia such as crocodiles, wombats, dingos and many, many native birds. It was incredible and I got some awesome pictures. One of my favorites was an albino peacock with it's tail feathers spread. Then it was off to the Blue Mountains and Three Sisters, a national park area. Where we were kind of looked like the Grand Canyon, only with vegetation. It was beautiful, and again I got great pictures. More tomorrow night, after we spend the day touring Sydney.
thanks again for all of your prayers and support.
Nanc & Gar
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