Sunday, 1/31

Well, the plan was to leave right after the morning church service, head up to Portland by noon. Relax and be ready for bed by 7:30 pm. Not to be! We drove about 30 miles and realized we forgot something - I won't say what - and went back home. The cats were happy to see us since they all thought we were going on a trip. Fooled them. We got back on the road and made three stops in Eugene - all necessary, of course. It's five o'clock, we're still on the road, and that 7:30 bed time isn't going to happen. Did I really think we could go to sleep at 7:30 anyway? BTW, We figured out the actual flying time is 18 hours. The layovers are lengthy so this is going to be a long journey - around 26 hours, I think. (Nothing compares to the Africa trip which was 36 flying hours.) But, we have our books, cards, games, instruction books for the new voice recorder and the I Pod to help pass the time.