[gary]

Greetings from Texas!

IceInSpace members John Bambury, Andrew Murrell and Gary Kopff
are currently enroute to the TSP at Fort Davis, Texas.

Andrew is tracking with colleagues via Oklahoma City.

John and I are currently in sunny El Paso where we arrived a couple
of days ago.

Total flying time from SYD to ELP was approx. 16 hours. John spent
most of the night over the Pacific watching the myriad of selections on
the QANTAS IVOD (so many movies, so little time) while yours truly tried to
catch up on some sleep.

So efficient was the Southwest airlines light to El Paso that they
arranged to have me arrive a day before my backage.

Yesterday John and I and crossed into neignbouring Juarez, Mexico
to take in the sights and sounds. The Rio Grande here just an ankle
deep trickle. Particularly obvious was the large number of dentisto in Juarez.
Americans walk across the border for cheap root canal.

The afternoon was spent in the War Hawks museum just outside of
El Paso where John and I drooled over their impressive collection of
vintage war birds, including an impressively restored MiG 21.

Currently I am in the breakfast room of the Holiday Inn waiting for John
to wake up before we head off to the McDonald Observatory to meet
a friend for lunch. Then on to TSP which opens at noon today.

Will use this thread to post updates of the trip along with photos.

Best regards

Gary Kopff
Wildcard Innovations Pty. Ltd.