Quality Inn & Suites Yuba City

Wow, what an adventure! 7882 miles. A few minor mishaps (or "adventures" we like to call them) along the way, nothing that can't be fixed. We have traveled from one side of the country to the other. We spent time with family, and enjoyed in celebrating Mark's parents' 90th birthdays and their 65th wedding anniversary. We have seen ...

Well the boys got cleaned up and went to bed. Mark and I decided to walk to the casino and relax for a 1/2 hour or so. It was kind of nice to do something together and something totally unrelated to traveling. I played the nickel poker machine and Mark played blackjack. After a few minutes I joined him at the blackjack. I won 4 hands- only betting 3$ at a time. I know- big gambler! It was fun, but then we were done so walked ...

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.

Next we drove up to Oroville, CA to see our friends Larry and Judy. They were originally clients of mine on Maui in 1987 and we became good friends. They used to visit Maui, at least once a year and Larry and I would go scuba diving. They also liked to go out on the Navatek high-tech boat and my granddaughter, Cheyenne, used to go with us, too. We would always go to ...

Hello Everyone! Austin, Sydney and I have been anxiously watching the international flight tracker so that we can see when David and Mike land. They have just landed, 49 minutes late from their expected arrival time. They are actually still on the runway! I am sure David is very anxious to get ...

Less than one week left until Mike and I take off for the "land of the long white cloud. I'm still in the research and planning phase but the trip is approaching very quickly. I depart from Sacramento International around 5:00 p.m. on August 1st and meet up with Mike at LAX. Our flight leaves from LAX at 9:05 p.m. on August 1st and we arrive in Auckland, New Zealand at 4 ...

... Reno, we started a steady climb into the mountains reaching altitudes of close to 6000 ft. We crossed into California around 3:30. That was truly exciting for all of us! Once we crossed into California we were right in the Sierra-Nevada Mountains and the Tahoe National Forest. This is a big ski area and the mountains are incredible. We began a steady descent for 40 miles ...

Well this is the day of the 2008 Starkey family trip. The only problem is it looks like I'm the only one awake. Our plan is to get on the road by 10:00 a.m. but with an oil change for the car still needed, I don't think it will happen. I've secretly set of goal of a noon departure. The weather is a little on the warm side here in Lincoln so it will be a nice break ...

Another 13 work assignment, this time at Oroville Hospital. The whole summer was fire drenched, with smoke so bad we could not do any recreation outdoors. But we were able to escape several times to Sue & Steve's in Tahoe and did ...

... had booked us in to a Moroccan restaurant, where eating with your hands from the same plates was the order of the day, followed by a side-order of ritual humiliation in the form of being made (by the resident belly-dancer) to dance in front of the entire restaurant. This was not the Birmingham Balti experience I've been brought up on! It was a fun evening though, and the food was really good. The following day, Dennis let me loose on the two main ...