The USA Travel Diary series starts HERE.
Place: San Francisco
Weather: cloudy and sprinkling
Got up at 6 am can you believe that! Caught the bus to San Francisco downtown. We had to get to Fisherman’s Wharf which became quite involved. It took us three buses to finally get to Pier 39.
We bought our tickets for Alcatraz Island. It was … Read the rest ... “The USA Trip Diary – Part 9”
The USA Travel Diary series starts HERE.
Got packed for Las Vegas. We went to The Suburban Mr and Mrs Wijnhamer, Jim, Tony, Toni and me. It took us about five hours to get there. When we arrived we couldn’t believe our eyes, the entire place was a mass of beautiful lights it looked like one big gigantic carnival.
We booked into our motel at about 11 … Read the rest ... “The USA Trip Diary – Part 8”
Notes by Trenna, Intro and Extra Information and Stories by Greg
This is another in the “Rough Notes” series. It is a term I made up for this website and describes several documents on Trenna’s iPad where she has accumulated information to help in her effort to tell her story.
This one is just a list of some landmark events from the 1980s. I have used them as a prompt and have added a number of stories and … Read the rest ... “Trenna’s Rough Notes on the 1980s Before Greg”
The USA Travel Diary series starts HERE.
Caught a cab into downtown Dallas. We saw the Ewing Boulevard but not any Cowboys. Dallas is definitely not as glamorous as it is made out to be on telly.
Date: 18/2/82–21 –/2/82
Place: Dallas – Los Angeles
Weather: 70° F – 86° F and humid
We took a tour to Southfork Ranch. Which was … Read the rest ... “The USA Trip Diary – Part 7”
The USA Travel Diary series starts HERE.
Place: Chicago
Weather: too bloody ridiculous for words
Note from Greg in 2023: For context, from what I recall from what Trenna told me the background to the Chicago visit was as follows.
Toni had met a nice, attractive sailor, Wayne, when he was on shore leave in Perth. They went to Chicago to catch up with him.
However it turns … Read the rest ... “The USA Trip Diary – Part 6”
The USA Travel Diary series starts HERE.
Place: New York
Weather: cloudy and cool
Unfortunately not a white Christmas but certainly a different Christmas from Perth. My presents included three jumpers, one pair of slippers, one bag, powder and a ticket to the Broadway show The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
My Chrissy meal was totally different, too. A typical “ding” … Read the rest ... “The USA Trip Diary – Part 5”
This bit by Greg. The Diary is by Trenna
In this series of posts I will be revealing Trenna’s “Trip Diary” from October 1981 to April 1982. It was actually the first of two trips to the USA. The second was with me, 31 years later in 2013.
This 6 month trip to the USA happened well before I knew her. It sounds like it was a fantastic adventure, and one I’m sure helped … Read the rest ... “The USA Trip Diary – Part 1”
Trenna had no recollection of ever having a birthday party as a child.
I found that hard to take as my family always made a big deal of my birthday, even though it was just 2 day’s after my little sister’s birthday and just 3 days after Christmas.
So when I met Trenna I tried to make birthdays a bit special.
Where possible, and it almost always was possible, I would take the day off work … Read the rest ... “9/11”