Three days left before I hit the road. Just the WiFi and a few essentials left to pack up...
This is sort of a retro post to get the ‘year in french’ blog started. I took this photo to bench mark my progress in getting the house emptied out for the year in France, after christine had left to secure our house in aix-en-provence. Even though we had known and planned for this trip for a year, the last 5 days before I left were long, hot, exhausting and anxious. To top it off there was a heat wave cooking the county to 106ºF.
After moving the majority of our possessions to storage and the left-overs to the garage, I ran out of time and had to hire a cleaning lady to help me get out of the house on schedule. I had planned on driving to Ashland Oregon, stopping to see a friend on my way to Portland Oregon, where I had made arrangements to drop off my Furry four legged companion. Well even though the cleaning lady kicked serious @ss cleaning out the house while I finished up with the last remaining items and details, I got too late of a start to make it to Ashland, so I decided instead to drive to Chico and visit my aunt for the night.
As I drove out of Sonoma towards Hiway 80 I passed what was the start of several california wild fires that i hear had caused a lot of damage. The sky was an eerie orange color as I drove through fairfield, however, I was unable or unwilling to grab my camera so there were no more pictures until I reached Boston, where I was finally able to let the adventure begin.