For tomorrow we leave at dawn…sounds good, but it will probably be more like 8 am. Countering the geese, we're headed South. Down the I5 towards Palm Springs to spend a couple nights at a botanical garden & zoo in Palm Desert. We will camp a few miles away up in San Jacinta Mountains Nat'l Mon (SR74 if you following on CA map) at 4000'. Since we may not update our blog before the 10th of May, I'll give some hints as where we might go: south to Anza-Borrego State Park (a park about the size of RI), then Oregon Pipes NP in AZ, winding up in Phoenix, AZ. I'll be saving up pictures & descriptions for our next encounter.
Our Dream Machine (PAWEKP(i)X) is groaning under all the camera gear (much reduced since digital cameras) and food (we've never been very successful living off the land). "Katundu" is Chitumbuka for luggage.
We went over the last minute details with our House-sitters, the McGees, House manager, Sofia Hulbert, and Chief recordist & mail mgr, Diane Alexander, (She will send DVDs of the TV programs' finales to us somewhere.). We received a special blessing for us and our RV from our Pastor and hugs all around from friends at Church. So, it looks like we had better go now.
A couple of new features (courtesy of my favorite CIS personel) show up in this blog: you now have our countenances on "About Us" and second one, the little "RSS" in the upper right corner—click on it and it will show a summary of the most recent blogs. David explained it to me, but I would rather not try explain it to anyone else. Thank you, David & Marian.
