We have sort of been dreading the actual driving part of the trip, but the boys seem to travel well on a whole, and we are looking forward to seeing some family and meeting some new people and just seeing where the road takes us. We have a real loose itinerary of traveling down the oregon coast. But first we are staying with some family in Mt Vernon, Washington, then down to Oregon to visit Aunt Betty on Chris's side then down to California to see family on my side. We are sketchy on whether or not we will make it all the way down to cali---but we have left the option open to turn around at any time or change our route at a moments notice!
We will be packing puzzles, movies, stories on tape....we have a whole system prepared for the back of the van to make it the most space efficient along with a roof top carrier that looks like a big mac container that chris scooped from the free store last summer, powerwashed it and voila-good as new! It was initially going to be a usedvictoria sale item, but we never got around to it--good thing eh? This big mac container will be holding our red jogging stroller since its the most comfy for elliot on those long hikes and isaac can sit on it when he gets tired...so the umbrella stroller didn't make the cut this time round!!
Chris and i have been waivering back and forth on why are we doing this crazy drive--and 2 night ago was his turn to waiver--we both just want to go somewhere warm where there will be no risk of black outs (we've already had one a few days ago to remind us how much they suck!!) - so yesturday morning, i spent 3 hours searching, calling, emailing etc to find us a hot destination that didn't require passports and was within our $2000 budget. Punta Cana was the place, no passports needed, within budget..but when it came time to put a deposit with the credit card i had been holding all morning (since i had called in for my avion points to redeem)--do you think i could find that lousy card????? nope! i searched high and low for an hour! This house isn't that big....but nope. Chris and i finally decided that it was silly to spend all that money for only 1 week, and so many things have just fallen into place for this trip, that we said 'ok....road trip back on'. And the moment we decided that, i walked into the office to sit down and email the travel agent at the desk i had scowered 3 times prior for that card.....ta-daa--there was the card almost right on top of the keyboard under one little piece of paper. So--there you had it folks.....more confirmation--sniff-no beach, just road.
I'll tell you one thing though--those points are being saved for a wicked trip to somewhere hot with white beaches for september 13, 2008 for our 10 year anniversary with no kids!! Tell you that much!!!!
ADIOS!!!
