NEW YORK AND BACK...

Wow, what a whirlwhind. Arrived via plane to NY on June 7th, spend 3 weeks or so packing and cleaning up the house, loading the FJ, fixing doorknobs, painting the hallway, etc. - all in between heavy drinking and bbq-ing with my friends who I am going to miss dearly- to get ready for the journey back to Juneau via auto. The house is rented, and me, Sade & the dog, rosie, officially hit the road yesterday. Forgot to zip the rooftop cargo carrier so lost a few items on I88 within 20 mintues of leaving - that's ok, had too much stuff anyway and we were both teary-eyed and didn't care. Now Sunday night in Ohio visiting mom and the sister - caught my nephew in between heading back to Germanny. Tomorrow a.m early, we're heading west. Decided to take the northern route - via Chicago St Paul North Dakota Montana Idaho And Washington. So sorry my friends in the Denver area - Diane in Ft Collins, Jim in Boulder, and Dean in Littleton... I was planning on stopping by to see each of you but the northen route appears to be the quickest and I MUST be on the Friday Ferry at 3:00! So, wish me Bon Voyage!! (Bought Homer's Iliad on CD - actually 14 of 'em, 14 hours worth - to listen to in the car. Should be interesting... wonder how Rosie will like it.)