Kings Road Trip--Day Three

Monday...Worked out with the team at a small gym in Darwin after breakfast. Weights circuit and stationary bikes with exercises to stretch out after. Return to hotel for a hot bath and packing up my bags. Quick lunch and help pack up the mini-coach for the run to the airport. Heat was sweltering...only took about 30 seconds to draw sweat.

Arrived plenty early and like so much of a road trip spent the wait time chatting and playing Uno with five of the players. Took a break for one hand to approach one of the Perth Wildcats who had been pointed out to me a former player on a West Australian AIA team. We had a good chat and he was keen to get together sometime with Jason and I to talk about how to get some prayer going with his team. He's not really sure of the spiritual status of the other players on his team. We planned to meet together some time in Singapore.

Finally loaded up for a three and half hour Qantas flight in the late afternoon. Had a good trip and started up a very productive talk with the (60+ year old) guy sitting next to me. He was on his way to Thailand so naturally our conversation turned to the tsunami and from there on to "how to prepare for natural catastrophe". He thought my approach was novel..."Be ready to die at any moment--by knowing Jesus personally." Resulted in a great information exchange and left him with a Knowing God Personally booklet. He asked me for my email so that he could keep in touch when he finally returned to England as he is a former rugby player and avid fan of the sport. I reckon Cy was the divine appointment of the day!

Settled into the hotel. As I was wait-listed and there "was no room in the inn" the team captain suggested we get a rollaway for their room and have me bunk there. The other player assigned to the room was fine with that so things were settled pretty quickly and it will actually save me big bucks on accommodation.

Had a late team dinner and went for a late night (well actually 9:45 pm) stroll with Wheels down to a massive computer store (actually six stories of shops) to check out bargains. He's on the prowl for a cheap(er) laptop. Arrived six blocks later just at closing time but it's early in our stay.

Shower and crash for the night.