Farewell to Boston

The guys at work prepared a wonderful send off for me last night. I knew they were having pizza, but I was surprised with another Cookie Puss Carvel ice cream cake. It was nice that so many people were there and I was happy they'd gone to so much trouble for my last day.

I wasn't expecting a card. I definitely wasn't expecting a beautiful book of Boston sights that everyone had signed. I'll love it always. They were so sweet to do so much for me.

The guys I work with make it tough to leave. I won't miss much about Boston, but I'll really miss them.

The route?

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I'm trying to plan the drive to Alaska. I don't have any stops along the Alcan because I know it takes about five days (since we have to stop at Liard Hotsprings). We'll pick up Dad in Seattle and I won't have to worry after that. He'll do most of the driving.

The route I've chosen is approximately 5,820 miles. Mama and I are stopping in Buffalo to see Great-great Aunt Betty (and Niagara falls). We'll head to Minneapolis to pick up my trekking stuff from Nepal (one of my fellow hikers was kind enough to tote my bag back to the US for me so I didn't have to drag my hiking gear all around India or try to ship it back). We'll stay a full day in Regina, SK to visit my Dutch relatives. My cousin Iris used to work for the RCMP as a matron, back when there were matrons. She's in her 70's and I want to meet her while I have the chance. From Regina it's 549 miles to Banff. We've got to stop in Banff. In another 597 miles we'll be in Seattle. We'll hopefully have a good, solid day and a half to visit my brother and sister-in-law, Laura, The White Ranger, and my Aunt Pam (who's already emailed me to ask that I stop by).

Looking at the miles we have to cover, this isn't going to be a very relaxing road trip.

Pictures

I'm slowly putting the pictures online. So far I've got all the India pictures and roughly half of the ones from Nepal.

There are a lot. Sometimes I wonder what I was trying to photograph. I'm sure some of you will wonder the same thing. Just think, there'd be a whole bunch more if I hadn't been distracted with my film camera as well. These are just the pictures I took with my digital.

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I'm Back!

Yep, I've returned from Nepal and India. I had a great time and I've started a new blog. Go to my profiles page to get to it. Or just go http://sevendaysinindia.blogspot.com