Driving Up and Down the Coast

Fathers Day. Jason left us at 11 AM for his stint at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena. The kids and I leave on Tuesday morning. We will put 100s of miles on our car in the next month. First, I drive the kids and dog to my parents home in Olympia, arriving Wednesday evening. I stay for a few days, then journey back to Berkeley to finish packing and cleaning. (I leave the kids and the dog). How long will the rest of the packing and cleaning take? Hopefully, no longer than 5 days since I arrive in Berkeley on June 25th. On July 2, I hand over the keys of our house to our sublet tenants and drive to Pasadena to join Jason. We will not reenter our house until January 20th of 2008--strange, yet the value of our property humbles us--rent for our three bedroom, two bath home is funding much of this sabbatical. Oh yeah, what about the children? They fly down on July 5th--first time flying on their ownn--2.5 hours, non-stop on Alaska Airlines. We'll meet them at the Burbank Airport. At that point, Jason will have been away from them for two weeks. What about the dog? He stays with Bill and Britt (my folks) in Olympia until we return from south of the border.

Later in August, we will drive to Colorado. I'll save those roadtrip details for another posting.