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I am officially on my way to New York City (currently over Michigan!) and the trip is going well so far. The seat next to me on the plane is open, which always a bonus, AND our travel agent gave me a little upgrade which never hurts J

I am going to try to keep this blog as updated as possible… I hope you enjoy it!

Love,

Alexis

After a couple of hectig months we sold our house,filled the POD (container) with all belongings we wanted to keep. Sold, donated and gave away the rest. The POD is in indefinite storage in Michigan giving us time to follow our dreams for a while. First on the agenda is a visit to my sister Yolanda and husband Laron in Washington DC.

1 - The number of US road trips that have come to an end.

14660 - The number of miles I have driven in my car. Hertz said I could have my $200 dollar deposit back or keep the car. I chose the money.

43 - The number of American states that I have visited.

2 - The number of friends that came out to ...

... br>Right now John & Janet aren't up yet, but they are we will hit the road to Chicago. Errr... wasn't the next show in Milwaukee? Yes, my dear reader, but Chicago is on the way. So we make a stop there before we head to Milwaukee tomorrow. Both John & I have never been to Chicago (John is not from around here).

Well, this is it for now! Just one last thing: keep fingers (and toes) crossed: I still don't have tickets for Milwaukee...

Take care, Maria

... for gifts and souvenirs on the return trip...

There's a old travel rule of thumb..."Never travel with more than you can run with for a quarter mile."

Gotta' work on that.

Thanks to 'Beca, Mark and Layla for their marvelous hospitality! It won't be three years again before we visit. Save the milkweed! Save the Monarchs!

Adeau America!

... comfortable place to work.

3.wider aisles for safer functioning.

Pours pavement

It a honeycombed with holes and allows rainwater and snow to seep into the underneath rock storage basins and get filtered. The water father flows into the swales and natural water wetland for further filter before it goes to the Rouge watershed.

Historic Glass plants a Living Inspiration.

Designed by legendary Architect Albert Khan featured ...

... but I guess I just like to be informed (a little, if nothing else). That plus we're heading to the west coast for a night, so I was doing a little research. All in all, we wish we had more vacation time (more me than Carl, who has many, many more days than my paltry 14 PTO - sick and vacation combined). But at least I'll have my economic stimulus money to spend...albeit in an economy that's not my own. Sorry, Dubya, but it's my money now. :)

... pillow case, sport watch, small calculator, small items for kids-stickers, balloons, English-Spanish dictionary AND after much deliberation, she decides to take the Crackberry +charger +converter Documents: Passport +copies SCUBA certification card Air Reservations Hotel confirmations U.S. Embassy Contact Info Divers Alert Network Contact Info (Evacuation Insurance) Currency Conversion Chart

... out they had the Grateful Dead at Hill Auditorium for two nights. And they took me down there and this place was like, what's Hill Auditorium hold, 4,000? Well, it was packed wall to wall with hippies. They were dancing in the aisles, they were smoking joints. They all had long hair and colorful outfits on ... they were like us. But, they were students at the college. When I went in, the students at the college wanted to beat you up. They were squares. TCP: Where ...

... to check the propeller. Everything looked fine, felt solid, so why the vibration. Since we were securely tied, I told Margaret to turn on the engine and put it in slow forward so that I could observe what was happening. As I started underwater, with about 3 feet visibility, it occurred to me that this was a very stupid and dangerous idea as I could see me looking for a lethal turning prop with my face. I surfaced and yelled "Margaret, let's not try that idea." The next morning ...