So it turns out my sister knows a girl...
She's on my state senator's staff, and has offered to hook us up with a VIP tour in Sacramento when we are there. I am way toooo thrilled about this for a normal person. I am a natural advocate, and homeschooling has taken some knocks in the last year, and so I've been asking myself all day, what should I say in my five minutes with my legislator (who happens to be on the education committee no less)? What if my kids pick THAT five minutes to turn into wild children from the Lord of the Flies? What if I say something stupid, or worse, what if I say nothing at all, and then think of 15 wonderfully witty and brilliant things to say as soon as I leave? Clearly I have some time to think about it, and welcome all suggestions!
Planning for Road Trip 2009 is moving forward, despite some bumps. Dh's schedule has unexpectedly changed and that has thrown a wrench in plans for the first few days and the last few days. But, we are ironing out our options and determined to make the best of it.
The question of the question has also come up. During Road Trip 2007, the girls asked people in just about every stop the same question: "What was the most important thing that happened to you in the last year?" We recorded the answers and found them fascinating. So should we ask the same question again this trip? Should we come up with a new trip question? The Jury is still out.
And the details: we ordered a new car stereo, because the CD player on the old one broke (thanks baby A!). So I'm beefing up our audio book collection. We've had the car looked over and cleared for take off. All destination reservations have been made, though some need to be changed slightly. I still have some route research to do between Sacramento and San Fransisco. I still need to look for overnight options between destinations in a few places. Otherwise, ahem, we're ready to go!
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Time to Catch Up!
Well, it's that time again! I've been putting off planning the 2009 Trip (don't worry I DID make reservations for Yellowstone last summer) because I wasn't sure our budget could handle it. But, the loan we gave to the government got paid back (in the form of our tax return) and so, we're planning to go!
As always, I love the planning almost as much as the going. Pouring over the maps, researching the best places to stay, it's all great fun. I working on honing our itinerary, and of course trying to pack as much in as we can.
This year, we're sticking to the western portion of the country. Since I have a 3rd grader and a 5th grader, I thought it would be a good time to take a look at California state history. So we'll start off with a ghost town/gold rush tour.
We'll head north on the 395 to see the sites and smell (ahem) Mono Lake. We'll stay in Lee Vining for a few days (though I'm thinking about switching to June Lake?) and make a day trip up to see Bodie State Park. Its the ultimate ghost town, so they say. After that, we'll head up to Coloma, to see Sutter's Mill at Marshall State Park. We'll stay at the Coloma resort right on the American River. We'll mosey on over to Sacramento and (hopefully) get a VIP tour of the capitol building. I hear there's a cool Railroad musuem as well. Then on to San Fransisco because, well because it's there and Mikaela really wanted to go. Plus, fabulous cousin Hilary is there and hopefully we'll get to take a bite with her. I have done a walking tour of San Fransisco that included some trolley fair, so I bet we'll do that too. We'll stay at a resort in Pacifica, right on the ocean, which sounds really great.
Thats about as far as I've gotten, though I've made plans to see my brother in WA and then over to Yellowstone and down to Zion. More on those legs soon!
As always, I love the planning almost as much as the going. Pouring over the maps, researching the best places to stay, it's all great fun. I working on honing our itinerary, and of course trying to pack as much in as we can.
This year, we're sticking to the western portion of the country. Since I have a 3rd grader and a 5th grader, I thought it would be a good time to take a look at California state history. So we'll start off with a ghost town/gold rush tour.
We'll head north on the 395 to see the sites and smell (ahem) Mono Lake. We'll stay in Lee Vining for a few days (though I'm thinking about switching to June Lake?) and make a day trip up to see Bodie State Park. Its the ultimate ghost town, so they say. After that, we'll head up to Coloma, to see Sutter's Mill at Marshall State Park. We'll stay at the Coloma resort right on the American River. We'll mosey on over to Sacramento and (hopefully) get a VIP tour of the capitol building. I hear there's a cool Railroad musuem as well. Then on to San Fransisco because, well because it's there and Mikaela really wanted to go. Plus, fabulous cousin Hilary is there and hopefully we'll get to take a bite with her. I have done a walking tour of San Fransisco that included some trolley fair, so I bet we'll do that too. We'll stay at a resort in Pacifica, right on the ocean, which sounds really great.
Thats about as far as I've gotten, though I've made plans to see my brother in WA and then over to Yellowstone and down to Zion. More on those legs soon!
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