Heading West

I've done more preparation for this trip than any other. I'm really hoping to get out of Dodge, (Tampa), within a week. I just can't pin down the date. So...my promise is to be out of town within 3 days after the Labor Day holiday weekend. And whether it's only to Big Bend National Park in Texas and back, or all the way round to British Columbia and back through the Northeast U.S., I'm committed. One way or the other I'm on the road by 9/8/09.