The Adventures of Sunsette -- Texas Travels, Part II— Apr. 12

[Cornflower Blue]

Happy Birthday Sunsette! She's a lucky mini to have landed where she gets so much affection and attention.

[MapleLeaf]

Happy birthday, Sunsette!
What a delicious dessert! Enjoy!

[Alliecat]

Thank you guys
I should have kept track of the dates all the others arrived. Augh, I didn't!!

[Alliecat]

It's been a while... Sunsette has to share the camera time with the rest of the gang these days. But she & Scarlett went to Nashville with me for the solar eclipse. Since I had so much camera & eclipse-viewing stuff I was only going to take Sunsette, but then, my goodness, I couldn't leave her sister behind!!! "Pick meeeee!" indeed!


Packing. We were excited....


We started off with a 5 hour delay... the plane broke...



Studying... what do we want to see?



So, arrived 5 hours late, got lost in the dark, wasted all of next day unsuccessfully trying to do an errand and we were all just TIRED.



"Look, I'm a star too!" At the science center. Got lost in traffic & 1-way streets getting here.



At the top of the science center climbing pyramid overlooking the skyline.



Grand Ole Opry. Downtown trip aborted due to traffic jam, so we went here instead.



Opryland Conservatory.



This would be an awesome spot for a dolly convention & photo shoot. Acres of lush indoor jungle... just gorgeous. Plus some funky cartoon flowers for a temporary display, "Alice in Wonderland" theme.






Hotel rooms overlooking the atrium.



And, it's all lit up at night. Absolutely fabulous.



Sunday trip, downtown.






We were all set up for the eclipse and my 300mm lens got broken off the camera



...but we did still have the projector.



To cheer us up a little after the camera tragedy, we went to meet up with fishy and a couple of her gang.



Time to head for home. Scarlett met some Red Cross dolls in a display at the airport.



Augh. NONE of us is in focus at this hour. It's not even bleeping 6 a.m.



We did not arrive home without mishap. Air Canada couldn't land due to fog, diverted to another airport, and abandoned the passengers there when none of us wanted to ride 3 hours back to the airport of origin. We demanded our bags off the plane (which they weren't going to give us) and they basically said "OK here you go; you're on your own." Here are the girls on top of some 15 pounds of camera gear & backpack on my lap in a taxi which 6 random people shared the cost of, to get to our destination.

But, well, we DID get to see the eclipse, in spite of distractions.


Dollyclipse!!!!

[fishy]

We enjoyed meeting you guys! My Mom really liked you. She's going on and on about how nice you were. Great photos!

[Little mouse]

Oh my goodness what a journey and a half you had at the end! Shame on Air Canada!
But great that you saw so much and met up with Fishy *yippee* and thank you for all the photos too.

[dargosmydaddy]

What an adventure!

Love the Alice-themed garden.

[Offgenemi]

I didn't know you and fishy met! It is so nice to see these dolls together it seems like girls had a blast

[Lejays17]

Looks like a great adventure! The Alice-themed garden looks wonderful for photo opportunities.

[Alliecat]

Thanks everybody! The conservatory was indeed fabulous. Even though I'm used to spending time outdoors, I felt such a great boost of energy being surrounded by all that lush tropical growth.

We enjoyed meeting you guys! My Mom really liked you. She's going on and on about how nice you were. Great photos!

Aw. Thank you Your mom is cool. When I get a little time I'm going to frame that drawing. I'm in awe of how fast you did it!

Oh my goodness what a journey and a half you had at the end! Shame on Air Canada!

Yeah... I sent them a 2-page letter about the whole debacle. The automated reply says they'll get back to me within 30 business days. *eyeroll*
Meanwhile, they're sending me e-mails inviting me to take advantage of sale prices to Europe etc. Geez, I can't imagine, if they'd stranded us in some country where I didn't speak any of the language!!!

[fishy]

Oh my goodness what a journey and a half you had at the end! Shame on Air Canada!

Yeah... I sent them a 2-page letter about the whole debacle. The automated reply says they'll get back to me within 30 business days. *eyeroll*
Meanwhile, they're sending me e-mails inviting me to take advantage of sale prices to Europe etc. Geez, I can't imagine, if they'd stranded us in some country where I didn't speak any of the language!!!

It's the new sailing training: they strand you in a foreign country and you have to live on wild fruit, croissants, cigarette butts and rainwater until you can build a raft out of wreckage and local trees to sail back to the Americas. It's called the Air Canada Swiss Family Robinson course™.

[Alliecat]

It's the new sailing training: they strand you in a foreign country and you have to live on wild fruit, croissants, cigarette butts and rainwater until you can build a raft out of wreckage and local trees to sail back to the Americas. It's called the Air Canada Swiss Family Robinson course™.

I nearly choked on my mint....

[Cornflower Blue]

Great photos, Alliecat! What a shame you had to go through such trials to get home.

Too funny, fishy! I'm picturing Alliecat with Sunsette and Scarlett rafting home.

[fishy]

Great photos, Alliecat! What a shame you had to go through such trials to get home.

Too funny, fishy! I'm picturing Alliecat with Sunsette and Scarlett rafting home.

Lol I can see it too. Sunsette would insist on being captain. I just know it.

[Miss Edith]

beautiful photos, LOVE the Alice garden, I'm so sorry for all the problems you ladies had to endure (I giggled at your first "event" ....'the plane broke' !! So calmly stated )

Air Canada should be ashamed. I am thrilled to see your girls with fishy's, at least Scarlett & Sunsette were dressed for the rafting eh fishy