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Spring Vacation Day Nine – The Way Home

March 23rd, 2009 - LoneStranger

We woke up early (tried for 4:30AM, but it was really more like 5:00AM) and got the last of the things ready for the car.  Four trips later, the car was loaded up, so we went to the hotel kitchen to get a bite to eat for the road and got started.  The sun had only been up for a little while when we hit the road.

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Spring Vacation Day One – Down California

March 14th, 2009 - LoneStranger

We left this morning for our trip to Arizona. The main attractions are four spring training baseball games featuring the Oakland Athletics, visiting San Jose Sharks at Phoenix Coyotes and a couple zoos.

We planned on leaving at about nine am this morning, but we had a missing kitty to find.  We weren’t sure if she had snuck outside while we were packing the car, so we couldn’t leave until we knew where she was.  It turned out she was spooked by the vacuum as I cleaned the car out and she hid in our bedroom under the comforter.  Anyway, we finally got on the road about ten o’clock and headed toward I5.

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