05/22/09 Pick up the Truck and 5th Wheel

Woke up to a Beautiful sunny day. 68 degrees and rising. Picked up the F-450 from the storage unit the night before and all was well. It was clean and ready for the trip.

For those who have stored their vehicles for some time remotely I whole heartedly urge you to have the vehicle serviced before you arrive and not before you leave.

Loaded up the kids and the luggage and went to the Tacoma RV to pickup our 5th Wheel that had been left for servicing and some warrantee work. They did a GREAT job. Steve there is the guy to see. He knows all and will even have your vehicle picked up and serviecd and store it short term in anticipation of your arrival! Great people, great service.

We went shopping at Freddies and Costco and hit the road to Mt St. Helens RV park. A very lush and green place in the shadow of the great mountain. I'll post some pictures tomorrow.

We already miss the doggies and home and everyone that takes such good care of us. Onward we go!

05/21/2009 Anchorage to Seattle

We left at about 13:00 and Darlena was kind enough to take us to the airport. Said good bye to the doggies and hopped the plane.

A VERY bumpy climb into the clouds made us all nervous and Andrew couldn't stop talking about things breaking off the airplane! A great landing and 3 1/2 hours later and we were in Seattle.

Uggg We hate Sea/Tac Airport! So many people with so little time. We took a cab to our hotel and hunkered down for the night. The kids were a little crazy on the plane but that was to be expected.

Preparations

We still have a lot of work to do before we can leave next Thursday. But our truck was picked up at the storage place and got cleaned and all the fluids changed and this week they are picking up our 5th wheel. They will de-winterize it and make sure everything is functioning.

Now we need to pack our suitcases and make sure everybody knows what they need to do while we're gone.

Katie Lewis will be house sitting for us, we know her for a long time and are very happy she wants to do this, so we don't have to be worried about anything. She also will be looking after Mojo and Yuki who we will miss a lot. It's just not good for them to travel with us, especially in the very hot places we will be visiting.

Linsey is going to leave for Europe May 19th, so she will not be traveling with us either, but will have lots of exciting things to do too. We love you girl.

7 more sleeps, the butterflies are starting in the tummy, lol.