Dad Visits Dec 2007

  • Father arrives fresh from his long trip.
  • First dinner experience in LA.
  • Setting up for the Biker gig.... turns out they're real bikers!
  • The band dudes wait outside for their chance to play.
  • Yes... it's cell phone tower!
  • The "support" act Blues Union featuring the lovely Joe on bass.
  • Play "smoke on the water" or die!
  • Alexis in full flight.
  • Tom and his all purpose socket wrench.
  • Theo in full flight.
  • ... and the audience went wild!
  • Kaspar in full flight. Note the Constitution.
  • Theo, Antoine and Bob's silhouette.
  • The acoustic set with Theo on the drums.
  • Bloody foreigners!
  • Later, we prepare to set sail, too cold for a plumbers crack though.
  • Don-eye the sailor man!
  • That's right, Theo takes control of the boat seriously.
  • The hat was essential sailor gear.
  • Two happy Theos on the water where they belong.
  • One seriously large boat.
  • The destination..... a rock. Hey, you gotta go somewhere!
  • The homestead's view.
  • Ta DA! The two dimensional tree!
  • You can see the excitement on their faces.
  • Once again, we scored!
  • Sallie does her standard smug smile.
  • Yay! What the hell is it?
  • Theo continues to peddle his wears.
  • A new way to hear ourselves on stage.
  • The smug look again.
  • Helga once again helps us out in the food department.
  • On our way to Los Vegas.
  • But first.... the Hoover dam.
  • Inside the dam.
  • Down in the depths of the Hoover dam.
  • Yup.... it's a lot of concrete.
  • Behind there somewhere is a lake.
  • An engineer's delight.
  • The output of the dam. And all this to light up Los Vegas.
  • Hanging on for dear life.
  • The water level is a tad low.
  • On to Vegas and the largest steak in the Universe.
  • This is inside a Hotel.
  • Self portrait in Los Vegas.
  • On the road again... this time towards Death Valley.
  • I know the valley is around here somewhere.
  • It's over there!
  • Hmmm.... might make a decent view for a painting.
  • No, he isn't taking a piss.
  • At the museum, and already below sea level.
  • On our way down to Bad Water.
  • Yes, we did try the water. Yes, it's pretty bloody bad!
  • Note the Bad Water.
  • On our way again, we just loved the local roads.
  • Theo senior behind the wheel.
  • There's a reason they call it Death Valley..... there's not a lot of life.
  • Reaching the end of the valley now.
  • Lone Pine can get cold.... note the frozen tap water.
  • The view from our cheap, but clean, Hotel in Lone Pine.
  • A coffee stop on the road.
  • Tom, back for a short while, helps us work up a routine for New Years.
  • Antoine and Theo join in.
  • Lot's 'O' singing.
  • That's right... a bar chord.
  • Place of Sallie's car catching on fire. We eat there as well.
  • A pre-diner well deserved snooze.
  • The band at work on New Year's Eve.
  • Theo gets to play guitar and drums at the same time.
  • Tom gets to play the guitar and the sofa at the same time.
  • Ah, back in the good old days when we had four singers.
  • Mean while..... back in Australia......
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