Wait, I leave tomorrow?
Sunday, June 20th, 2004My grandfather rolled into town last week. It has been great spending some time with him before I leave. Last night we had a birthday party for my good friend Hans. The kid is not much of a partier, but we succeeded in making sure he had a good time.
Well tomorrow night, if all goes to plan, I will be leaving the land of snow and purple rain. Here is the plan:
My friend Mike is moving to the San Francisco area to do a program called Teach for America. The program places recent college graduates in low-income school districts for two years where they teach while gaining a teaching certificate. He didn’t want to make the drive alone, and since I was planning on flying out around this time, I decided to help him drive out. He needs to be in San Francisco on Sunday the 27th which gives us six days to drive out there.
We are planning on heading straight west, eventually ending up in Portland, OR. We have some choices on where to stop. Between the two of us we have family in Spokane, Seattle, and Portland. From there we will head south until we hit the bay area. I have never been to California, so I am especially looking forward to driving down the Pacific coast. Once in the Bay Area, I will be staying with some old family friends who live in Freemont. I also hope to meet up with my friend Adam who I haven’t seen in a few years.
I will be in the Bay Area until the 30th, when I fly out to Bangkok. I just have a few last minute errands to run tomorrow and then we’re off!
Neil