We're Off!

Finally got the van all packed and are ready to go. Happy Trails, and hope to "hear" from you in the comment section!

Graduation

Christopher had his promotion ceremony last night, and we celebrated by going out to Chevy's for chicken fajitas. We're very proud of his academic achievements, and we know he's ready for high school. Chris has signed up for the cross country team this fall, so he will be busy indeed!

Only 4 more days!

I finally got the slideshow feature to work! However, if you will want to see the pictures full size you'll have to click on the link to the right to go to our Album page.

Chris graduates tomorrow night, then he's off to Great America with his class on Thursday. Tyler has his second playoff game tonight. If they lose, it's all over. Otherwise they play again tomorrow night.

Friday we will be spending most of the day trying to pack the Beast in the most efficient way possible.

Our first week itinerary, which is flexible:
June 14th: Medford
June 15th: Crater Lake, then Columbia River Gorge
June 16th: Mt. St. Helens
June 17th: Birch Bay State Park, up near the Canadian Boarder
June 18th: Cache Creek, BC
June 19th: Prince George, BC
June 20th: Kitwanga, BC
June 21-22: Stewart, BC (we'll be doing a glacier hike, burrrr...)

More later.

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