Aug 2007

We'll it's Thursday the 30th & we successfully made it to the town of Mt. Shasta to Lake Siskyou. We spent a wonderful couple days in Mill Valley - beautiful hikes, spending time with Mary & Greg Thomson and fam who made us spectacular home made meals in anticipation of the RV diet of pork rhinds and cheeze wiz that loomed in our future. The drive to SF was our maiden voyage and everything worked out beautifully. Kyle is managing our budget, Nate ran the GPS and was chief Navigator and the even got some homework done. We had a wonderul lunch in the park on the bay a stone's throw from Ghirardelli Square where we later gorged ourselves on fresh chocolates only to enter a phase III sugar coma. We made the trek from SF to Redding (50 miles from Lake Siskyou) without a stop. Fortunately our GPS located the nearest In & Out Burger. Unfortunately, when towing a car on a tow dolley you can't back up! We....I mean I....drove in the wrong driveway that didn't go through so Maria and had to detach the car, pull it off, remove the tow dolley (sounds like an RV musical doesn't it) and drag it into position to reconnect with our newly positiioned 31 foot RV so we could reconnect it, drive the car back on it and secure the tow dolley and the car ALL in 105 degree heat as our boys threw down a double double with chocalate shake and fries...it was all worth it though since Maria and split an almond once we got back on the road.

Lake Siskyou is beautiful with a wide beach and a panoramic view of Mt. Shasta in the distance. We've been here twice before and this was our first night staying in the RV. Other than not quite leveling it properly we becoming quite the RVers ( in our own mind).

Sweasey Trip 2007-08

August 25th Head out of Slo in the big rolling gas guzzlin’ carbon Sasquwatch footprint trampling contraption. To be brief: Oregon, Washington, Canada, Montana, South Dakota, Chicago, up to Maine, Washington D.C., Boston Mass, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee…San Luis Obispo. Of course there are a few states not …. Stated but you get the picture.

November 15ish Back to Slo to pack up for Sydney Australia.

November 18th Leave for Australia and New Zealand for10 weeks.

January 26th Fly to Bali Indonesia for 7 days

January 30th Fly to Bankok for 1 days.

February 2nd Milan, Italy

February 2nd-9th Milan and Lucca to see the Crozier /Kings and pick up winter clothes.

February 9th - March 1st Livigno, Italy (Italian/Swiss Alps)

March 1st -14th Claviere, Italy (Italian/ French Alps)

March 15th- April 5th Lucca, Italy (Tuscany region)

April 5th –May 15th Really don’t know! However will be one week in Lake Como. Spain most likely and Croatia too are both likely destinations.

May 15ish Back to SLO

Well we've been planning this 9 month adventure for nearly 4 years now and it's amazing to think that we're 11 days away from departure. The RV has been set up, the tow dolley for the car rented, bike racks loaded, houses reserved in Italy, Australia and New Zealand.