Booked the trip!

Well, we finally made some decisions regarding the trip to USA!  Having originally thought that the start of July was the go, we are now leaving mid-Sept for 2 weeks.  Callie and Steven are staying a week extra after we fly back. Saving heaps on flights plus the weather will be more pleasant and Disneyland in particular will be a lot less crowded.
The plan is LA for a few days then hit Disneyland followed by Vegas and back to LA for a couple more nights before we leave on 29th Sept. We will also be doing a day trip to the Grand Canyon by helicopter.
Callie and I went to get passport photos done today and had a hell of a laugh. The WORST photos ever taken at the Post Office, quickly followed by a trip to the photo store at the shopping centre to have some more taken there. Much better!  Callie declared that she looked like a murderer in her first photo and that "You look like a stoner, Mum!"
We are happy to have 10 year passports with the second lot of photos as I'm not sure that Customs in USA would have let me in the country!!
Rescheduling to Sept has also made things easier for us as Bun will be picking oranges up until the end of June and we wouldn't have had much time to try out the caravan.  This way we plan to spend a few weeks away during July/Aug as a trial run, packed up ready for the West. It will give us the opportunity to cull things that we don't need and leave them home, rather than carting stuff around that we don't really need. I'll also spend some time at the start of Sept looking for work for us to go to mid-October, hopefully we'll be able to line something up maybe around Esperance.
We've been enjoying spending time this week with 6 Canadian nurses that are based in Berri for a couple of weeks. They mainly come from farms and agricultural backgrounds so have been interesting to talk to. They've even said that Bun should come and work a harvest on their families' farms so who knows what might happen in the future. They would also be a good contact for the kids if they decide to travel to Canada.  Ben is keen to go to USA with us if his work commitments allow and then go to backpack in Canada for 3 weeks after we leave.  Hopefully that will work out for him.
That's it for now.