If we come, they'd better build it . . .
It’s gorgeous! Sunny but not too warm and a very nice breeze. We just got back from swimming at the Y! Later we’ll take a little walk. We got a very good night’s sleep and had Joel’s ‘world-famous’ pancakes for brunch. Fiona’s made new friends – Nels and Phoenix. What a wonderfully relaxing day.
We’ll keep you posted on the adventures of the Canfield Family now in Hoquiam Washington with the Hogaboom family.
Updated August 19, 2010 – we finally have pictures!
We actually drove away from the house at 10:41 pm. Our first stop was to the local store to pick up something to drink for Fiona and Frappuccino’s for Joel to help him stay awake for the all night drive. It’s amazing that we fit so much stuff in the van and nearly every piece of musical equipment we own. We even took Fiona’s school books, though school doesn’t start till August 23. And 5 bottles of paint for Fiona’s art -painting Caitlyn’s ceiling in Canada.
It’s nearly a full moon and Fiona wants to write the moon a letter to say thank you for shining on our favorite trip ever.
At 5:40 am Thursday we were just at Redding to fill up the gas tank. We stopped at a rest stop and slept for a few hours. Later we watched the sunrise as we drove.
At one point we pulled up to a small gas station. Joel walked in to the dark shop to see if he could find someone so he could get a cup of coffee. Suddenly a man stepped out from behind the counter with his hands up saying, ‘is this a holdup?’ ou can imagine how startled Joel was! He’ll share the video we made of the story at a later date.
We tried using a WiFi spot to update all our fans earlier in the day and finally gave up in frustration after we couldn’t make it work. We finally arrived at our first destination in Washington at 8 pm and have enjoyed a nice meal with a very nice family.
More tomorrow…
It’s almost 10:30 pm Wednesday night and none of us can wait! The van’s packed, Fiona’s in a hurry to get to Canada, and we’ll be leaving in a few minutes. Tomorrow we’ll arrive in Washington and stay 4 days there. Then – to Canada!
We’re off to Hoquiam, Washington, leaving tomorrow morning. (I didn’t know where it was either.)
We leave at the crack of dawn tomorrow, drive 12 hours, and stay with Ralph and Kelly and their kids.
We will eat. We will play music. We will have peace.
Funny how things kept bouncing around, not knowing where they were going to land; even our plans with Ralph and Kelly changed in the past 18 hours since we first talked about it.