Linda and I are setting off on an extended road trip starting on September 5th. I have been retired for two years and Linda is now starting her retirement so this is our first opportunity to take advantage of our mutual freedom. We plan to be gone until around the middle of November.

Our itinerary will take us across the country, ultimately ending up in Key West in late October for the Fantasy Fest celebration. The map that you see shows our approximate route. It should be pretty accurate on the way out since we have many reservations already made. On the way back (after New Orleans) nothing is certain. We will seek to stay in the warm, and how directly we get back will depend on whether we are getting tired of life on the road.

We are using some of our condo time to stay several resorts along the way, Reno, Las Vegas, Gatlinburg TN, Miami, New Orleans. In between we will motel and hotel, we have some reservations and will stop wherever in between. In Tennessee we will visit with Linda's brother. Some things we hope to see along the way include: Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Mesa Verde, lots of caves in Kentucky and Tennessee, the aquarium in Atlanta and finally Fantasy Fest in Key West. We have spent lots of Spring Breaks in Key West, but because of the schedule of our jobs this will be the first exposure to Fantasy Fest.

Along the way I hope to write about what we do and the adventures that we have. I will also be taking pictures and posting them here and perhaps elsewhere. I invite you to follow along and hopefully leave some comments.