How silly do i feel writing myself a postcard from home but how else can i see if this thing really works? Good ol Seattle. Home sweet home, but not for long; count down 30 days to departure. Lets hope my Jeep doesn't die between now and then as i am hoping to retire it in style with a cross country crash course of 2000 miles. Oklahoma bound for a quick stop at the folks house to say hello and goodbye, put a few odds and ends in storage and hop on a flight to NYC for a weekend with Meg. Then it will be time to get this whole round-the-world action started. More later... D.