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Subject:Re: Cross Country trip - update
From:Roger Whittaker
Date:Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:34:40 -0700

dear ellen on her way
dont forget to spend a few days at the Crater of Diamonds in Arkansas
http://www.craterofdiamondsstatepark.com/
have fun
drive carefully
eat well and sleep often
talk to strangers and not only the people you dont know
yours

On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 7:20 PM, Ellen <elleninoregon@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Well, a week from today I should be somewhere on the road, and hopefully in
> Missoula!  AAA Triptik is proving helpful to find places to overnight, but I
> am sort of tentative about the Elizabethtown, KY to Dallas, Tx leg of the
> trip.  I need to find a place to overnight on that leg.  Little Rock, AR
> appears to be mid-point (the last time I was there was on TDY to Pope AFB to
> support Army manuveurs, 20+ years ago).  I'd like a campground rather than
> an RV park.  Lake Catherine State park popped up as a possibility; any input
> from someone familiar with it?
>
> Things are going well, just installed a connector on my aux battery today
> so I can connect the solar panel to it, if needed.  Have the van pretty much
> packed up, except for clothes and food.  I am getting excited!  My work is
> being very accomodating; they aren't willing to let me just quit.  When I
> get back I can work part-time training my replacement, then work on-call, as
> needed.  What a deal, huh?
>
> I will be in touch while on the road.  The laptop is loaded up and the
> wireless is working.  We're down the wire now!  One week and counting.....
>
> Ellen & Lola, '85 Vanagon ASI & Coee, Camping Cat Extraordinaire
>
> Don't wait for a light to appear at the end of the tunnel; stride down
> there.....and light the bloody thing yourself.' ~Dara Henderson
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