CALIFORNIA, USA, OCTOBER 2012 ..NUDITY IN THIS POST..

I met Gail through a photography workshop I did called Finding the light. She worked for Detra. I not only did a course the I thought was great but I met Gail and Stacy (she is in a future blog of when I went to Illinois to see her again). I call Gail my angel because whilst I was on my way to the US I had a devil of a woman cause me to have a panic attack. (she was very good at doing that to people). I would have been a wreck if Gail hadn’t have been the angel to care for me. Gail worked in a very special field and told me what was going on. Anyway enough of the ugly part, even though that will always be what bonded us together. I had a beautiful time with her, Mike (who gave the best hugs) and Mac who loved cuddling up to me. Stacy flew in from Chicago to meet us and spend time with us. It was great especially the naked bike riders!!! We went to the place where butterflies migrated to (if they is a thing) and saw the redwood forest. I don’t know where I put those photos. I don’t know if I will ever get back to the US, maybe one day. It is a gorgeous country. We saw so much and had such a great time together, looking back on the photos makes me want to go back. Gail is now in NZ. Pete and I went over a few years ago to see her ever so briefly again.

I LOVE THE ANTICIPATION OF A TRIP AND WHAT I WILL SEE.

OK NEED THE STORY TO THIS. STACY AND I WERE WALKING ALONG THE STREET WHERE THE PIERS ARE. I SQUINTED, CRANED MY NECK. WERE THEY NAKED? GOT THE 70-200MM LENS UP TO MY EYE. I SAID STACY THEY ARE NAKED. I AM GOING TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON. SHE SAID NO!!! TOO LATE. I WAS OVER THERE IN A FLASH. I ASKED THE GUY WITH THE BOWLER HAT ON COULD I ASK SOME QUESTIONS? I WARNED HIM THAT MY EYES MIGHT DROP DOWN. HE LAUGHED. I SAID AREN’T YOU SCARED TO GET ARRESTED. HE SAID IT ISN’T ILLEGAL IN CALIFORNIA. EVERY MONTH THE CITY HAD A NAKED BIKE RIDE APPARENTLY. WHO KNEW? WOULDN’T IT BE GREAT TO FEEL SO COMFORTABLE NAKED!!!