Heading off down I-25 to I-40 out to California. Weather looks like it should be okay, and we’ll evaluate around Winslow\/Flagstaff if we’re staying the night on the road or tag-teaming until we get to California.<\/p>\n
We’re getting the car packed up with all the normal provisions, entertainment sources, changes of clothes (and jackets and boots), and it should be a long but safe trip.<\/p>\n
I will, of course, photoblog along the way. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Appreciation to the respective ‘rents, who’ve been very supportive and thinking of how to adopt to our being five days late arriving out there or so, to my brother who called up with his concerns over our drive (really, playing it safe here), and to Jackie for her house sitting, her companionship, and her shuttling of us to\/from the airport, not to mention her listening to us bitch long, loud, and imaginatively over the last 72 hours …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Heading off down I-25 to I-40 out to California. 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