Residence Inn By Marriott Sacramento South Natomas

... s in the TRUNK, let me get it for you". At this he allowed me to exit the car and go to the trunk with him. When I opened it up all he could see was cases and plastic bags from the Vegas outlets.
He could see that this was going to be a massive task and he might miss the next donut run, so handed me back my license and said "Look, just get back in your car and merge into the lane and be on your way. And don't cross the yellow lines." I explained to him that ...

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.

We were sad the group had disbanded this morning, but at least it ended in without hurt feelings,. We have no clue what comes next, but we need to clear our heads first. we spend the night at a nice little motel. and finally give Betsy a well earned wash, the ...

... Townsend.
It really was a good time....

Even though we were there to see family and friends, we still got to see and do some new things, just to keep the spirit of the road trip alive. Of course when you think of California, you think of the Gold Rush, among many other things, but we both tried to become experts in panning for gold. I ended up scoring quite a bit of gold, but the majority ...

... labor clearing fallen trees and brush; learning the proper way to burn the cuttings. We has a fire from 9am - 8pm...the beer at the end of the day was well deserved. More then anything connecting with Ken and Terry was the most enjoyable...thanks.

... conditioning? So the only release from the 100+ degree heat we have is driving with the windows open and the breeze cools as it dries the sweat. You know, now its rush hour and the road is bumper to bumper, stop, roll a few feet, repeat. No breeze to cool!

I suggest we just head to the hotel for a refreshing shower and nice dinner. We can skip the fair. This is when the "motivation" for the fair as a destination makes itself clear: Wine! I should have known it wasn't the midway ...

... and handsome. Turned out they were angels. We were lost and confused in Pescara, Italy at 8 pm, the night before we had to return the rental car and board the ferry for Split, Croatia. Was this the Hertz location we wanted? There were two addresses given in the Hertz information. Where was the location of the ferry terminal? Where were the hotels? In our slow crawl through Pescara, fruitlessly searching for a hotel, we had only ...

Well now we had to figure out how to get how after dropping off the camper. One problem with renting an RV is that you have to have a way to get to the pickup and back to the airport afterward. The flights out of San Francisco and Oakland were not looking good so we rented a car and drove out to Sacramento which wasn't far at all. From there we were able to get home easily.

Jeanne is starting out from Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. Judy is starting out from Sacramento, California, USA. We meet in Stockholm on January 6th with flights arriving just 30 minutes apart. Our itinerary includes Stockholm, with a day trip to Sundborn ...

... little overnight trips are pretty cool, as they are not as tiring, and I get to rack up some miles and points. Helps that this is the same client I have previously done several projects with, and they are all pretty cool. So it is not one of those ones that you cringe about when you hear you are doing one. Good times all around.