Today, Tisha and I begin to pack and get everything ready for our trip out west next week. I can't begin to say how excited I am. I've never done something like this. I've travelled lots but never in a car and camping for 12 days. I'm jonesin for the chance to wrestle a bear or a wombat (I know they only live in Australia) or maybe even go cliff diving. Who knows? This will be a whole new world for me. I'm super excited.

Actually, I'm a total nerd. In fact, I used AAA's website Trip Tik to create our maps for the whole trip and I have a binder that has every day's directions and stuff in them. It's actually quite spectacular.

So, there it is: Volume 1. Check back often during the trip for wonderful info and pictures to be posted often. Later foo!