Why Can't YOU think of a title?

Don't hate us cuz we can't come with a creative title. We hope the travelling will inspire us.

So here we go, for the travel journal, part dos.

First we drove...

We left home on the 11th of December with the truck packed and the dog happily riding in the back seat. Spent a night in Anchorage with friends, and then left early in the morning for the day long drive to Whitehorse, Yukon. We stayed two nights with our friends Julie and Jassin in their lovely lil' cabin, and had our (hopefully) annual seafood feast. This year was lobster tail and Alaskan King Crab. Then we got back out on the Alaska Highway in the snow and drove, and drove, and drove.

Three days later we ended up in Salt Lake City, Utah, where we visited Dave's sister Kim for a few days. It was nice to get to see her digs in SLC and spend some time meeting Duncan. The highlight was definitely the afternoon stroll we decided to take, which went from a calm, nice day to a "thundersnow" that found us running back to the car soaked and consoling a freaked out dog. In case anyone was wondering, Bandit does NOT enjoy thunder or lightning.

and drove some more...

Next stop was St. George, Utah and the Pace Trailer factory. Dave hitched up his brand new green cargo trailer and we headed for California. After a mere 14 hours (on top of the 4 from Salt Lake to St. George) we pulled into the 'burbs of Sacramento to Kevyn's dad's place.

We recovered briefly and relaxed as Christmas day neared. Thankfully (for Kevyn) Santa arrived early Christmas Eve with a special gift for Mikey - Guitar Hero (a video game complete with little guitar). And then our lives changed....
We played for probably several hours, and if we were not so tired from the drive the day earlier we may not have slept at all. Kevyn of course quickly mastered the game and after a nice Christmas Morning we headed out to Mountain View, CA to Karen's for a Christmas dinner with Dave's family.

Then we worked...

Well, mostly Dave worked. We spent the next month of January doing a large bathroom remodel at Karens' house. KJ snuck away to Rocklin for more Guitar Hero and to meet Julie and John's new baby, Olivia, to Seattle to meet the newest baby niece, Sara & Dave's baby, McKenzie, and then to a week of Park Service training at Zion National Park, Utah. Kevyn tried to make up for lost time by lots of tile grouting, but Dave still shouldered the bulk of the work.

Not content to start vacationing yet, we finished the bathroom and hit the road back to Rocklin where, in between rocking gigs with the Playstation, we installed a bamboo floor in Mikie's room.

But now it's finally playtime...

It's time for a vacation. We're all packed and ready to hit the airport for the 20-some-odd hour multi-flight trip to Lima, Peru. We'll do our best to post often, take interesting photos and make witty (or not) commentary. Please keep in touch...we always love hearing from "home".

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