  Sorry - I've not been good at keeping up with my blog this week. I've been scolded by several folks. Interesting that people actually read this! :-) Really ... haven't been up to much. Trying to catch up with some friends, and have gone out for dinner several times this week (such is the life!
) The most recent was Thai food last night. LOVE Thai food!!!! As far as my Alaska trip ... I have come closer to finalizing the important parts of the itinerary (I think). I hate having to set exact dates to be in certain places. The last cross country trip I took, I would just drive into whatever town that I got tired in, and get a place to stay. Nothing was planned more than a few minutes ahead of time. This time, I have to make reservations for a LOT of the places that we want to stay.
It makes me uncomfortable because ... what if the car breaks down or we get stopped up for some reason a few weeks before the reservations are set for ... then we get all behind. Ugh!! I'll just have to live with it. Anyway ... I think that the next several things that I'll need to do in getting ready for the trip involve shopping for things that need to come with me. I need to decide on a back pack that I will consider using as my main luggage as we travel by ferry for two weeks ... I'm hoping to find a pack that has a detachable day pack, so that I can use that as a "fanny pack" for day-to-day stuff throughout the entire trip.
I also need to get a rain jacket that can also be a wind breaker. I think I want something with a zip-in liner because the weather in the Inside Passage can be downright cold and most definitely will be WET. So ... back pack and rain jacket are on my list of things to do. :-) Have a wonderful day!! I'll try to keep this up to date more regularly!! :-D 
