Friday, July 27, 2007

Preparations...

Well, tomorrow is the big day! I've been running around doing errands and planning my trip all day today, and plan to leave around noon tomorrow. We'll see how much stuff fits in the car!

The day in Seattle yesterday was a lot of fun. I got up reasonably early and drove down to Tacoma to meet up with my Aunt and two of my cousins who were there for a conference this week. We chatted a while and drove out to Point Defiance before they had to get to their sessions at 12:30. Then I drove up the the U district to spend the day with Stephen and friends for his birthday. Among other things, we went canoeing in the arboretum across the bay from the UW, had dinner at the Ram, jammed, ate strawberry shortcake, etc. Tim also stopped by, since that was about the only time I was going to be able to see him.

In other thoughts, the more I drive the new car, the more I love it. I think I'm actually looking forward to spending some long days driving. (I'll probably have different opinions after the first long day, but hey. Why ruin the fun before it starts?)

It'll probably be a few days before I have internet access again, but I'll keep writing and post whenever I get a chance. I'll be at Alta lake (in eastern washington) tomorrow night with the college group from my parents' church, then at Glacier NP in Montana for three nights before I get to Wyoming (and internet access).

2 comments:

Stephen and Jessica said...

Come on! No update yet? I want to see how much dirt has collected on that pristine white car of yours. Happy trails!

Jon Hiller said...

Haha... I've been too busy hiking out of internet range. Look for more posts very shortly. Car has a few bugs now!