Okay – I should be packing or something productive like that but instead I’m writing a quick note to say what we’re all up to. Paul and I are going to leave tomorrow for California in our rented U-Haul. The yurt should fit nicely in the 17 foot one that we reserved. Hopefully that’s the one we get. We were asked if we’d mind a bigger one (at no charge) if they didn’t have a 17′. As the only other ones I saw on the lot were 26 foot trucks I’m hoping I don’t get stuck with a behemoth that sucks gas and is tough to park.
Anyway – we’re planning on basically following I-40 which goes roughly along the old Route 66 route (Kingman, Barstow, San Bernadino…) Hopefully we’ll manage to get to the Grand Canyon along the way – it isn’t that far off our path and Paul is really excited to see it.
Once we arrive we’ll drop off the yurt and truck and then go hang out with Sage’s dad, stepmom and brother for a weekend before catching a train to Kansas City and a bus back to Springfield. That’s the plan, anyway. Who knows what the trip will hold. A bus all the way is also a possibility but that could be a big pain, not to mention not very comfortable relative to the train. Looks like it’ll be about $100 more for the train, but Paul is quite excited about it. We also checked into the possibility of a sleeping car but I couldn’t believe how expensive they were. All they had were deluxe rooms. And the cost for two days travel in one, which included two beds, private bathroom with shower, was almost $1,300. Who travels in these, anyway?
Anyway – I’ll probably be on the road through a week from next Wednsday at least and probably won’t have much chance to do email so if you email me and don’t hear anything that’s why.
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