Planning is exciting...

Oh, did I say July 23rd? I meant June 25th...

Due to the need for us to get our lives back to normal as soon as possible, we figure delaying our trip to late July might actually give us more opportunity to cancel it. Plus, there was no other valid reason why we need to wait that long, so we moved it up a month. Time to get the planning started!

Google Earth is a wonderful program to use if you need to travel, or wish you could. Perhaps one day Maggie, when you are reading this, you might ask, "What is Google Earth?", or simply laugh about how wonderful I think it is today. Well, as of today, it is top notch technology, and it is useful in helping us determine our route.

When looking across the USA, there seems to be 6 different cross country routes (with one route being combined heading west in Montana). Starting in Oregon, it only makes sense to do the Northern route that would take us through South Dakota. We want to show you Devil's Tower and Mount Rushmore. It might be never again that we have the opportunity to take you there and show you some real icons of America.

Our route home won't be planned as detailed until we leave, but most likely will be a direct route through the middle. We do want to leave some spontaneity in our adventure!

Twenty seven days, and counting...