Well, now that was easy....NOT!

But at least we are still in Cali. The flight to Salem was cancelled at the last minute, even though they let us wait in the hot pax terminal for over an hour. Well, the worst way to start off a long vacation is to do....nothing. Next flight out was Wednesday, nothing guaranteed, yada yada. Soooooooooo---I decided to use a free ticket for me and buy one for Mike to San Fran. Comedy of lates and waits, and we didn't actually get to Travis, via Oakland, till about 2am. We were both totally exhausted. We're going to stay in the area for the day to visit Alcatraz, San Fran itself, and the local area. We can already tell that Cali is expensive--the car cost more than the hotel room, but oh well. After a great night's sleep at Extended Stay America, and getting up around 10am, we are heading into town. All is cool--a bit more expensive first day than I had planned, but I always knew that I might have to plunk down some moolah to get out of Colorado Springs. Had a great lunch at the Red Oak Restaurant here in Vacaville and heading towards out first Cali adventures right now. Will write more soon.

OK, so it didn't go as planned!

But at least we are still in Cali. The flight to Salem was cancelled at the last minute, even though they let us wait in the hot pax terminal for over an hour. Well, the worst way to start off a long vacation is to do....nothing. Next flight out was Wednesday, nothing guaranteed, yada yada. Soooooooooo---I decided to use a free ticket for me and buy one for Mike to San Fran. Comedy of lates and waits, and we didn't actually get to Travis, via Oakland, till about 2am. We were both totally exhausted. We're going to stay in the area for the day to visit Alcatraz, San Fran itself, and the local area. We can already tell that Cali is expensive--the car cost more than the hotel room, but oh well. After a great night's sleep at Extended Stay America, and getting up around 10am, we are heading into town. All is cool--a bit more expensive first day than I had planned, but I always knew that I might have to plunk down some moolah to get out of Colorado Springs. Had a great lunch at the Red Oak Restaurant here in Vacaville and heading towards out first Cali adventures right now. Will write more soon.

The Day Before...

Getting ready to leave from Peterson AFB tomorrow, which is Monday, 30 July. Plan is to catch a C-12 to Salem, Oregon, then take Amtrak up to Tacoma, Washington, home of McChord AFB. After that, who knows! Both Mike and I are backpacking--it's easier that way AND keeps us below 30 lbs so that we can fly free on the smaller planes. Neither one of us has even started packing yet, but hey, how hard can it be? I will try to say something on each day of out trip--and post photos. Ted