February 2-16, 2006 Port Angeles, Wash. - Portland, Ore. Mile 323 Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! See the cute Valentine I made for Jeff at a Montesorri school gathering? It’s in the shape of Matilda, our trusty VW van. Which has been running like a charm, by the way, since its engine trouble last month. And we have finally left our home state of Washington! On Feb. 11 we crossed the Columbia River into Oregon, so the road trip is officially interstate. This is our last day in Portland, where we have been lying low for the last four days because… &hellip [View Full Entry]

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January 20 - February 1, 2006 Port Townsend - Anacortes, Wash. Loop We’ve completed the first leg of our shakedown cruise, as yesterday Matilda waltzed a full circle and is back to a place in the road she’s traversed before: Anacortes, Wash. Granted, it’s not far from our home port of Port Townsend, which we and Matilda (our Volkswagen Vanagon camper-van) departed on January 20, but in the last week and a half, we’ve all had our share of adventures and lessons learned. I (Shelly) will begin this first on-the-road entry of our 2006 Sabbatical travel blo [View Full Entry]

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We threw Sabbatical Send-off Celebrations for ourselves Dec. 3 and 10 -- otherwise known as Put-a-Pin-in-the-Map Parties. We're building a list of contacts across the country who will be glad to show us around their home towns. Here are a couple of photos from these fun get-togethers. Our sabbatical officially begins January 1, 2006, so look for the first travel entry early in the new year. We plan to update this blog every 7-10 days. Click here for the proposed route map (waypoints subject to change without notice!). In the meant [View Full Entry]

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