Tue, Jun 11, 2013 STATS Departure: Needles, California Arrival: Paso Robles, California Miles: 376 miles Travel Time: 9 hoursWe targeted 7:00 am to be out so that we could get ahead of the heat. We missed 7:00—left at 7:03. It was already fairly warm. I don't know what the temperature was, but as I was disconnecting the water this morning, a kid from three sites down came up to me and started roasting a marshmallow over the top of my head. As we got far...

Mon, Jun 10, 2013 STATS Departure: Flagstaff, Arizona Arrival: Needles, California Miles: 206 miles Travel Time: 5 hoursWhen we left Flagstaff this morning, we had a plan with options. We could stop in Kingman, or we could stop in Needles, or we could go to Barstow, which would be about 350 miles. That was our initial decision: to make it to Barstow. By the time we made it past Kingman, I was getting rather stir-crazy, so I suggested we stay in Needles.We found a...

Sat, Apr 20, 2013 STATS Departure: 10:10:00 AM, Palo Alto Arrival: 7:00 PM, Fairplex KOA, Pomona, CA Miles: 375 miles Travel Time: 9 hrs. Okay, I'm going for a Space Shuttle theme, here, but it might be getting a little too cutesy. I'm figuring that since we’re heading for Walt Disney World in Orlando, and we’ll be close to Cape Kennedy, it would work. Also, I find it ironic that the Spac...

yup, still in the driveway. We'll get there, though. Stick with us. This trip is gonna be fun!Tomorrow morning is lift-off. Watch for tons of exhaust over south Palo Alto.

Thursday, November 10, 2011STATSDeparture: 9:00 amArrival: 1:11 pmDistance: 166 milesComments: Well, friends, as they say, all good things must come to an end. However, dumb just seems to linger forever.Hence, another entry in the blog.It turns out that I won’t need another mmmmmffffffgggllllbbbrr (excuse me) day to sleep off the wine tasting yesterday. I feel fine; no problems. (Wait, which way is north?)I actually found my way to north-bound 101 and bega...