So cool!

Or take a slow barge ......

Oh WOW. LOL. UP, UP and AWAY!! So do you go way up in the sky in one of those, Mary??? My speed is more of the slow barge. Hey, I even could pass as a regular passenger on that one. LOL

Well Mary, you look like Kathleen more than I do. LOL!! What a great picture! And now we get to meet your handsome man who spoils you so.

Gee Alistair, you are so much better than Michael Douglas and Rowan Atkinson. Dashing is the correct adjective.

I find I am so much better in my imagination than in reality. So hopefully I will be in yours too, so use your imagination. LOL

Last known picture of Kell. However, rumor has it that she found the hairdresser in Tarzana that did Brittany's hair. Don't know if it's true. There's another rumor that she missed her pink locks and poured Chia pet seeds all over her bald head. Stay tuned, Film at 11.

Are you ready to hike into the jungle?

No need to carry in much water ... there should be plenty.

Best roll yourself up in your sleeping bag. It's going to be a big day tomorrow, the first day of the adventure. Perhaps more will join us.

Kell has great hair! Personally I prefer more of a Beyonce look for bushwalking myself. It goes better with leeches.

Kell, I had thought about staying home but after Alistair posted his pic.....well, I'm packing my bags too! LOL MmmmMmmmm

Oh sure Brin, follow the good looks and leave the PINK haired girl in the mud. You wouldn't come just for me?? LOL And guess what - - Alistair has an accent too.

I fear we scared Tonny off. No way he was going to let us stand on his shoulders. He has an accent too! LOL

Mary, you caught me there but a few years too young. LOL. I love your pictures. Really gets me in the mood. But where oh where are the Columbian flowers???

Wouldn't it be fun if we all really could go on a trip to an exotic location?

Oh Kell, I would go with you too....you know I love you! But I have to say, I'd rather you leave the false eyelashes at home. I do think they're a bit too much!!!!

Brin, the false eyelashes act as a screen against the bugs that try to fly into your eyes. They're very useful .... honest.

Well, it looks like you cowards were too chicken to let the San Diego Eze Squadron fly us down there, so the slow barge it is. Hope those Seals will move over a little so I can fit so luggage on the barge. The whale is only going as far as Cabo, so he'll help pull the barge until we get that far south. Then we're on our own.

Hey Brin, take that back. There is nothing false about me. When you are hot, you are hot. So there.

I can do Cabo. I see you are already there, Mary!

Mary is quite right: false eyelashes are excellent for keeping bugs out of they eyes, but they are at their most effective if they have tiny corks hung off them.

LOL!! Y'all have a great trip!

I am glad, Alistair that you were joking about being an older version of Rowan Adkinson. I cloned him once on this selfsame forum a long time ago and feared that one of them had escaped ROFLOL

Kelley, you are right about the accent LOL You are all welcome to stand on my shoulders. There is only one exception. That is if we are waterskiing all the way to South America and there is only one pair of waterski available. I am just happy if I can avoid flying. I have this thing with hights. I like to snorkel dive better and if we ever should choose to dive all the way to Colombia to pick and choose cuttings, I know that a lot of those will be water rooted by the time we enter into California again LOL ... of course, flying also has its bright sides. We could ad all the cuttings to a string. Hang it out of the window and airlayering them ... or phone someone at home and ask them to place pots with soil along our trail and then drop the cuttings in parashoots and land them safely in their new homes ... am I talking someones ears off? LOL

Hmmmmm ..... some interesting ideas Tonny!

That slow barge was just a little too slow for me, so I hitched a ride with one of our airport buddies. That's right Kell, I'm down in Cabo right now. When I was younger I would have been dancing on the tables at Señor Frog's Cantina .... but it would be too embarrassing to have to ask for help to get up on the table now, so I'll lead a more sedate life. Since the rest of you will be arriving on the barge tomorrow, I'll make sure they remove those disgusting worms from the bottles of Tequila. Eh, Um ... we'll need the alcohol for medicinal purposes. Yeah, that's my story and I'm sticking with it!

LOL Tonny that's hilarious!!! I still think there's a striking resemblance!!

Sorry but I'm flying: can't possibly snorkel - after 10 minutes I just know I am bait for something ENORMOUS and hungry and I have to do a panic-striken sprint for anything out of the water (this is so embarrassing!).

OH..what luck... I revisited this thread..[ wondering about 58 posts on a deformed brug..].and it's morphed into an expedition.. and as great luck would have it...I did break a tooth the other day.. [ just a 20 year old plastic one with one crazy glue repair already..] .so I'm in for a replacement there.. as welll as the jungle walk about... I think the little planes with the funny wings are the way to return... looks like we can forgo customs..and the uncomfortable cutting stuffed shorts with them.. and I bet they can land in most any driveway.. few driveways in the concrete jungle here....though.... yes, I have that jungle experience... everyone is looking for now a days.. although I'll need some time for a plumeria detour..Gordon

Well, I'm having second thoughts....and even cold sweats! I hate to fly but I also hate the thought of being large fish bait. So.....I've finally made my decision!!! But Mary, I'll need a couple bottles of that Tequila to get on a plane....any plane! LOL

We can meet here Gordon and then fly to CA to get Mary & Kell!

This is the greatest thread ever... LOL I almost snorted my coffee out my nose...

I'm taking this time to get us outfitted. Need to get ropes so we can swing across a gorge, bug spray, something to hack down the bush, layers of clothing to add or subtract because of the varying temps. at different elevations, currency to bribe corrupt officials, and Tequila to make it all toleratable.

Suggestions?

Do you think we'll need sunscreen?

Baggies for your loot!

Sure Tonny, you say I can stand on your shoulders now but wait till you see me. LOL


OK, I don't fly either so I am game to go with Tonny.

Here we go................................

OH SHOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh Kell! I'm calling SpongeBob Squarepants right now....I know he'll have the answer to help you!

Brin get help for Tonny............... he got nipped a bit so we need cheap medical care fast. A little plastic surgery and he will be back to looking like James Bond in no time. I saved him all by myself. That shark is now our dinner.


I am a hero and a sushi chef. How handy I am with you all.

Hey Gordon, glad to hear your tooth broke. We have been waiting for you to join us. Mary found a way to leave Cabo for us all............. forget that plane Brinda.

Mary bring some Twinkies.............. Joyce, whatever you do, do NOT bring us that coffee.........LOL! And Sharon fill those baggies with money and jump on. Brinda, wear a hat.

HOLD ON, here we go..............

Shew! Good thing you're so resourceful Kell.....cuz SpongeBob didn't answer!

LOL Love the look of the transportation, but... it's not pink?!!

Good catch, Sharon. What was I thinking????????????????

LOL - I love it!

Brinda, I must admit that I am not proud to confess it, but Kelley and spongebob squarepants might be one and the same person. That might explain, why Bob didn' t answer, while Kelley was out saving me. It was south of Kellifornia. The bay area. White sand. Green ocean. You would not had believed me, if it wasn' t for Alistair, that accidental flew by in his two motors dieselplane and took this photo.

Fortunately it was only a small bite. Thanks for saving me Kelley. I am sorry that I did not recognize you in the given situation in your spongebob squarepants bathtub costum, but later it hit me, that it had to be you ... vaccing that shark with a Dyson, while I was trying to pollinate its nose with some Cubanola.

Believe it or not ... she vacc'd its teeths out!

Looks like you got the better of that poor fishy.

While it might be tempting for us ladies to stop off in Costa Rica for a little bargain priced plastic surgery. I can't recommend it. This is what happened when I went for a face lift there. It took me months of surgery, not to mention psychotherapy to get over it. While it might have been handy to have one eye on the back of my head, and one in front .... I just didn't like the look. I think we should proceed on our trip to Columbia, and not stop at Costa Rica.

Some of us have arrived at the meeting place in Panama. Just a hop away from our goal destination in Columbia. Here's the tent site we've started to set up.

Of course one of our "high maintenance" gals just had to find her own private fancy cabana. I won't mention any names, but her hair is pink.

She wouldn't let us bunk in with her, so we had to stay outside with some of the wildlife.

When you guys get back from your trip you ought to give the "high maintenance" gal the smallest cuttings to make up for the disparity in lodging. Reading this is a hoot. Hope you all (Dang, the locals are rubbing off on me.) get back safely with bags full of cuttings. Is it too late to place an order for one?