Holiday Inn Chico, Ca

Hey everyone,

I made it back from Hong Kong to San Francisco today on a 12 hr. non-stop flight. My adventure through China was something I will always remember and I hope that you enjoyed reading little tid-bits from my experiences there.

- Michael

... attempting any mountain passes (there was snow and ice around up there somewhere). Eventually, we ducked off the I-5, preferring a quieter route towards Chico, a moderately sized college town north east of Sacramento. It had been a long day, but we were safely out of the weather and away from the main commercial traffic. We knew, however, that the next day was a big one. We needed our sleep, yet again. Stay: Super 8, Chico, CA Drive: 340 miles

Hey everybody! This is my official travel blog for my backpacking adventure through China. I am all packed up and will be flying out on Sunday. I am only taking a large travelling backpack which contains everything I need for the next 2 months. My first ...

... Was a really good film and he was fabulous in it. OHHHHHHHHHH one other thing... Donna's friend runs Needham's glass studios in town and is BRILLIANT when it comes to all things stained glass or lead lighting... so if you're headed Chico way be sure to check it out.( http://www.needhamstudios.com/about/mic k_needham/) Okay, so that was short but sweet and just skated over the edges of my time here, but there's so much to be done out there that I ...

... be 2 less sky rats to worry about. (Sorry. RSPCA , forgive me). The ride to Sacramento on the greyhound was fine, surprisngly fine actually. Turned out this particular Greyhound bus was clean, comfortable and not packed to overflowing. I had a couple of seats to myself and spent the 2 hours playing hang man and listening to music. (and yes you can play hangman solo ... ) The second half of the journey was a little more interesting. I had to switch buses in Sacramento, which ...

... waking up to construction at 8 am.

Once we arrived and primped, it was time to party at my alma mater: Chico-style.... Ok, well, we tried. We were still pretty tired from the night before, and from being on the road all day. We did get a few Panama teas in with Michelle and Stacy (old college friends--well sorta), and also put a few back at The Bear. Those were the two places absolutely ...

... The others head off to the casino. Prior to this we picked up two jars of olives as Corning is the olive capital of North America. They have this store called the Pit Stop which has every type of olive stuffed with virtually anything. Of course we picked up some martini olives as well as some that were stuffed with Romano and Parmesan cheese. As usual we have discussions of our next destination and we decide that we want a shorter day and we think ...

We went shopping for some peanut oil for the deep fried turkey for Christmas dinner today. That was pretty much the only thing that drug us out on the roads again. Other than that we just hung out and caught up with Dad and Salva. Salva's son, Lenny stopped by for a while. It's the first time I had met my step ...

... for breakfast the next day. Then we hit the sack. Day 2, Sun, Jul 13, 2008 My mom and dad, sister, niece and her daughter all came over to the hotel to have breakfast with us. We had a great time eating and talking and visiting. It was too bad we weren't going to have more time, but we had to get back on the road to get to Chico. We continued our drive through the "fruit basket of the world" until we needed gas and a cold drink. We stopped in the north part of ...

July 15, 2007 - Sunday Chico, CA to Pasadena, CA First day on the road. We find ourselves traveling in an overloaded rental van, filled with gear and anticipation, as we are headed toward the L.A. basin. At this point we are one crew member short, as our sound and lighting man Bruce is on another assignment and won't be joining us until the end ...