Busy Weekend

We spent our last free weekend prepping the van - stocking the essentials, cleaning out the cookwear, etc... Phil's seems to be spending a lot of time fixing things he accidentally breaks, buying the wrong parts (resulting in multiple trips to the store), and e-mailing his "friends" on his Sportsmobile forum for tips and advice. I guess it's nice to know he's communicating with several people who have already made their trip to Alaska in their vans (yes, at least one had a breakdown... I think Phil wants to relay only the possitive comments to me, so I don't know if this person made it to a Ford Dealership).
Tyler had a practice hike yesterday with the local boy scout troop - 7 miles in Las Trampas Park. Chris has discovered Clive Cussler - Dirt Pitt novels, and has had his nose in a book for the last week. Undoubtedly his new hero, Dirk, will be accompanying us to Alaska. Marion and Jim have read a lot of Cussler... Is there a Dirk Pitt Alaskan adventure?
Tyler has 3 baseball games this week, and Chris has his 8th grade promotion party on Friday night. We're hosting Tyler's baseball party on Saturday afternoon after his game, and it's finally supposed to get warm again. Our weather has been really cool for the past 2 weeks. I think Anchorage has been warmer than San Ramon