Holiday Inn Express Suites Evansville

... not. <br><br>After the respective camping and running are over, we'll meet in Los Angeles to celebrate my 30th birthday before catching our flight from LAX to Bangkok.<br><br>Currently we're both recuperating from all of the dang shots we had to get for the trip, doing last minute research, attempting to fit all our stuff in small packs and wondering if JD's passport has enough room for visas and entry stamps. More to come...

... rooms but Lisa Ann Faw from Evansville drove down and her mom and sister drove over to meet us. We all adjourned to Karen&#8217;s cabin with the screened in porch with Pam&#8217;s bird and Aloysius to sit and visit. We really had a great time talking birdies and watching Toby, Sonny, Peep, Hektor and Aloysius flirt with everyone. Aloysius performed admirably with his "mommy ball" which is a little ball that has a voice ...

... look him up, I guess&#8212;if I ever have internet again! I really get unhappy about rv parks that advertise free wifi and then provide very BAD wifi.<br><br>Back at the rv park, we just had to wait for other folks who were coming to the parrot lists meet and greet. I knew for sure that Karen and Pamela were coming but wasn&#8217;t sure how many other folks were still able to attend. We knew we&#8217;d had lots of ...

... and now part of this Episcopal diocese.   We arrived yesterday afternoon and drove to the Visitor Center right on the banks of the Wabash, which is very flooded right now from so much rain upriver (lots of mosquitos and gnats in town as a result, but you just spray up and go on!).  The 2-hour tour gave us a good overview of this place, and then (after deciding to stay two nights instead of the one ...

We been moving along to get home and it is a long way. So I'm going to post where we spend the night and then the next day it's off on the next leg. Were on our way to North Carolina and then to Florida. Sorry no pictures. Ray and Christa

... to tomorrow when everything will be new to both of us as we head through St. Louis and on to Colorado (Our goal for tomorrow). I need to speak to Dad "Kirby" when we get home, I almost ran off the road when we hit a certain area in West Virginia. Everything was quiet as I was navigating over the WV ...

We reluctantly left this great hospitality at nine this morning (the other cyclists had left at 5:30 to do the same distance). Another good days progress was made and, to the horror of Hodge and Tom, we spent the night at a camp site at Rough River. More swimming in the river and a lazy afternoon in sun was enjoyed by all ...

We had no problem in leaving Cave in Rock early this morning and even the drivers were out by 8. After a short but very relaxing ferry trip across the river that morning we tucked into the hard yards and arrived at the agreed destination, the Sebree Baptist Church, only to find Hodge and Lombard tucking into heaps of home-made food having just taken part in the monthly sing ...

... is a possibility that she will be deployed to Iraq. Her father to whom we spoke to told us that he has just retired from the army after 25 years of service. He was deployed in many places across Europe, Asia and America. He said that now it is the time to enjoy life. He wore a t-shirt saying: "Operation Iraqi Freedom", which gave us an opportunity to ask him about what we have already saw many times along the way. We are talking about houses with stars painted on them or ...

... and spend January in New Zealand. After the trip, I'm going to spend two months (approximately) at home relaxing and finishing up two online classes. Then I'm going on a 4 1/2 month journey through Mexico, India, and parts of Southeast Asia that I will probably never forget. More on that later though!