The beginning...

I guess the post title is not altogether accurate.  Both Bryant and I have traveled widely...him with the Navy for 30 years...and me by choice on a sailboat in the Caribbean for 5 years and on destination dive vacations.  Together we have traveled to California, Florida, Omaha, Idaho, (a lot since we have two grandkids that live there), and most recently to Fiji.  It certainly is not "the beginning" of our travels.

So, I'll start at the beginning of our newest adventure.  After being delayed for "this, that, and the other thing" we finally left home Monday around 12:30 in the afternoon with the "toad" (Bryants Jeep), the bikes and our favorite chairs.  Without, however, the double kayak and our larger grill that we had thought of taking.  Just not enough room for the grill or the ladders it would have taken for us to get the kayak on and off the roof rack safely!  Then because of timing the rush began to get through Portland before rush hour.  It was darn close!  Highway 205 facilitated greatly not being stuck in too much traffic!  We have been talking and planning for quite some time now our escape south in the Via...and we have always talked about not driving in the dark...taking our time and enjoying. 

I bring that up as, yes, the sunset was beautiful through the Via windows as our first evening out we drove past dusk!  We finally pulled over at an Oregon rest stop outside of Eugene, Oregon.  We were both tired even though it was not even 7:00pm. We opted not to put the slide out in case we needed to make a quick get-away!  I was worried that the road noise (we were a grassy median away from the freeway) would keep me up...I didn't worry long...I slept great!  Bryant on the other hand, not so much as before we went to bed he found out that he had not hooked up one of the house batteries correctly and there would be no c-pap for sleeping and probably worse than that no coffee for him in the morning.  Since I went to sleep so early
I woke refreshed a little after 2:30.  Bryant was awake and couldn't get back to sleep...so by 3:30 or so we decided just to drive!  My turn to drive...and in the dark!  Oh well...it got light later and I missed a deer by THAT much...most important word there was missed!!  Bryant got some great pictures as we were driving through the Mt Shasta area.  I'll show him how to put them up when he blogs.  We switched driving and continued our rush to get through Sacramento before rush hour.  And now that we are through that, next on the agenda is to find a Walmart close to the freeway so Bryant can get what he needs to fix the battery connection and maybe have coffee in the morning (which also means I'll get to have my tea)! 

So, while not the beginning of our travels...it is the beginning of our blog.  A way to share with you where we go...what we see...experiences we have...and maybe even a little bit of who we are.  We hope you will enjoy our current  lifestyle through the sharing of our stories and our pictures..