Days Inn Yuba City

... parks and back country roads. Sunsets on Lake Michigan, subway rides in New York City. Swimming in the Atlantic ocean and talking with campground neighbors from all over the country. And yes, after all that time together in our little 30ft RV we still like each other. I'm sure the boys will always remember this trip. I know I will ...

... to the RV for some sleep. I fell asleep quickly- Mark said he didn't sleep too well. I guess there was a storm last night so he heard that and got up to close the vents. About 730 or so we woke up. Ready for today's drive? I suppose we have to be. By 845 we were pulling out. Last stretch of driving. Lots of road construction again- which makes it hard to drive. The weather was cool and overcast all day, at least until ...

... could probably last even longer, so far, it is the best way to vacation!
Posting just few pictures of our home for a month.
Our house was clean!!! Thank you Sawyer! What a wonderful surprise :-)
Cats were happy to see us (or me, mostly) and we are slowly getting back to normal after a Costco run.
Few favorites:
1. Yellowstone bears
2 ...

Zwei Tage verbrachten wir am und um den Lake Tahoe. Eindruckvolles Suesswasserreservoir (Umrundung mit dem Wagen: 117 km). Nachdem wir an der Suedkueste des Sees historische Zentren aus der Siedlerzeit besuchten, sind wir ins benachbarte Alpine Meadows gereist. Hier hatten wir ersten Baerenkontakt in der Umgebung des Ferienhauses. Heute gings hinunter nach Grass Valley. Daselbst besuchten wir die Empire Mine (riesiges Gold-Bergwerk mit tiefen Schaechten bis 2500m).

Well, we left around 11am - sooo, for almost 24 hours we did not see any wildlife but one deer and one chipmunk! Nevada was long! We decided to stop in Reno for late lunch/early dinner and had this great idea to show our girls the little white chapel we got married at - we did not go back to Reno since we eloped 12 yrs ago!
The little white chapel is GONE and some modern building is under construction in it's place - very sad to see it gone.

We are almost ready to go - have to make few more reservations, but, so far, we do have our trip outlined with places and dates. Looking forward to Yellowstone!
Now, I need to start planning and collecting all the stuff to bring on the road with us - I usually overpack, so this will be interesting :-)

Our third sabbatical started today, after a great sendoff Friday. There was the expected amount of torture involved (only fair given my escape from email hell). Apparently, some folks still think a personal firetruck is an eccentricity... My thoughtful colleagues provided a detailed ...

GET-AWAY DAY! The tribe departs from Chateau Leal with speed and anticipation, bound for San Francisco to catch their international flight to Lisbon and beyond. The monkey children have, by now, even learned how not to hassle the TSA employees while going through security, improving their chances of being allowed on the flight.

We are leaving for Seattle now. We got to SMF using SuperShuttle. We should have taken taxi instead. They took us all over the place because they have to check some hotels. I wasn't aware that they do this since I always use SuperShuttle at night. Maybe they only do it during the day. Anyway, they are definitely worth it if there is only one of you. If there are many of you, might as well just take taxi.

I'm having a hard time remembering what it was like to not be getting ready for this trip. It's been in the works for more than a year; in fact, I've been talking to people about it for so long that some folks think David & I must have already gone and come back. We've done some fun, even breathtaking, training rides in Marin County this spring. Here are a couple of photos of our preparations and training.