Category Archives: Travel

Day 1: Humboldt to Humboldt

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Well, we spent about ten and a half hours on the road today, and as it turns out the one thing we forgot to pack was our extra set of lungs. The California wild fires rode shotgun during pretty much our entire journey today, and it is only now, in Winnemucca, Nevada that we are actually starting to see something resembling normal sky colors.

Overall, I’d say it was a pretty good first day, and tomorrow looks to be equally long, however there will be an added bonus in that tomorrow’s trip won’t both begin and end in Humboldt County.

andrea and natalie
(click photo to see the set)

Road Trip!

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There are probably quite a few of you who don’t yet know of our upcoming summer plans. And if you are wondering why our summer plans may have any relevance to your life, it’s because you will soon notice a whole lot of photos posted over on Flickr that you will think look like they were taken from a car window whilst going 75 miles an hour. And that will be because they were.

As I have mentioned (mostly in passing) our very good friends Andrea and Brian are moving back East. As the reality of the situation began to set in, and the discussions about them moving became more real, we began batting around the discussion of driving back with them. One thing led to another, and tomorrow at 7:00 am the four of us will be packing up two cars, two dogs and a cat and heading for North Carolina.

My sister and mom arrived today to begin their leg of the child care rotation that will unfold over the next 11 days. It will be the longest I have spent away from my children, and although I know they will be indulged on every level possible, it won’t change the fact that I will miss them terribly.

In the meantime, we are going to be hightailing it to parts unknown, blogging whenever possible, and keeping you updated on whatever ridiculous exploits Brian and Steve convince us are necessary for “bettering our moral selves”.

Well Wishes

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I know it has been a virtual millennium since I posted last. And although I have been laboring through a post for about a week now – recounting the illness that swept through our household, the trip that followed and all the details therein, I’m realizing that I’d rather just throw up a link to the photos and let you make up your own version of what happened. Overall, it was fun, but mostly uneventful, save for a cat lost for three days in the snow and the fact that my parent’s house looks like they have recently become hillbilly dirt farmers. Oh, and Thad lost his job…then got another one. You know, the usual.

So instead of sifting through paragraphs of boring details about what I did on my winter vacation, I’d like you to instead take some time to conjure as much positive energy as you can muster and pass it along to Dore and her family. Her brother will be going in for brain surgery first thing Monday morning. After realizing that the remaining pieces of tumor (from first diagnosis and surgergy 5 years ago) had increased in size, they opted to go in for another round of removal.

Hang in there, Dore. You’ll be in all of our thoughts.