Comfort Suites Vacaville

Arrived home around 7:30pm Fairfield, CA Street ...

... after attempting to book into a Motel 6 we finally got to sleep at approx 3am. The dood at the after hours window had a few issues and the computer and then printer decided not to play fair with him so took over 45 mins to book in. I reckon it was about 3-4 degrees too which is a bit of a shock to the system after ADL weather before leaving to come over.

What a day.....and that was all in less than 17 hours. What else are we in for in the next 40 odd days???

Start trip from home, Fairfield, CA Street/View/Map Thurs. 11/19/09 at ...

A lovely day -- with an easy drive out to Sacramento, a good day visiting Sac State (which is a very pretty campus, especially this time of year, with the leaves changing), then an easy drive home. Definitely a long day, and I was exhausted by the end of it, but not a bad one at all.

... Jessups. The host was nice but we weren't too keen on the wine so we moved onto Beringer where I got a bit tipsy on their lovely sparkling Rosé, mmm so good. After lunch we had decided we'd had enough of Napa as we both couldn't drink, so we hit the road for a few hours enjoying the quiet open road and forest scenery. We decided to stop in Garberville for the night and found a friendly motel to recharge.

... and a loving and loyal family man. It is with great honor that I will be carrying some of Brad's ashes to this historical country and lay a part of his warrior spirit to rest. He will never be forgotten. All in all, this trip will be amazing, emotional, and inspiring. I can't wait and watching the excitement on Shawn's face is so much fun. Keep us posted, and if there is anything you want specific pictures of... don't hesitate to ask!

... 00 in the afternoon so it did not make sense since we were going to see Wicked in the evening. It did however allow Micki and the girls time to shop at the gift store. We ended up taking the tube back to Victoria station where I needed some personal time after the girls shopping adventure and had a quick beer before we went to the show. We saw the London production Wicked, which we had seen last year in San Francisco. It was very good again but I thought "Elfaba", the wicked witch ...

... left, I'll need to wrap-up my first entry, but before I do I want to thank the many people who have encouraged or provided inspiration for me in this endeavour. The "Thank You" list is long, but jointly at the top is my traveling companion, Ho-Ki, who over dimsum at the Yank Sing restaurant in San Fransicso first broached the subject of an overland trip from London to Hong Kong; and my wife, Linda, who ...

... it didn't work & I woke up at 8. Luckily there's a bus route running past the hotel down to Fishermans Wharf, so I managed to make the ferry. **I managed to lose the remainder of today's original entry when my wireless connection cut out, so the re-typed version is a bit shorter :-)** The combo trip gave me 2 hours on Alcatraz, long enough to take the recorded tour of the prison (you wander around with headphones ...

... two herons -- ancient Egyptian symbols for God. Then others arrived in pairs or groups -- about half Jewish, and half not. Several young people from Serena and Daniel's swimming pool job, Daniel's father and girl friend, Liz' aunt and husband (very Jewish), my ex-wife Ilsa and her new boy friend, and other friends. Last to come were the new next doors neighbors (also Jewish). We lit the candles ...