Convention 2009

We cheated this year and flew to convention! The company Eldon works for has a flight over to Townsville twice a week and it worked out nicely for us to catch that. We rented a car from Townsville and drove down to Mackay (about 4 hours). The convention is just south of there in a place called Chelona. We rented a cabin so that we could have air-conditioning (slackers, I know) and we were so glad of it! The weather was hot and sticky, much more humid than Mt Isa at the moment. Convention was wonderful, of course, and we had the added bonus of an Oregon worker, Doyle Smith. It was nice to catch up with him on Sunday afternoon before we left again for Townsville.
Rhys looking rather sleepy as we wait for our plane.

Mommy's kisses are the best!
Beechcraft 1900D which we flew on...19 seats. We left Mt Isa at 12noonish and unfortunately that is getting into the hottest time of the day. The aircraft is pressurized...but it is small enough that you feel every bump. The route goes from Mt Isa and stops 3 times along the way in rural areas...so we got the bumps and jumps x 3! Poor Mom!

The awesome car we rented....they gave us a free upgrade to an XR6 and I have to say, it was hard coming home to our bomb!
Our cabin

Mom and Rhys, hanging out in the back!

Doyle Smith with Rhys

After our Sunday afternoon meal...

So sleepy..on our way home...we had a very long night and a very early morning!
Deep in the reading material...apparently there was a dog on that page...