From The West Coast of America to the West Coast of Israel!

Wow, what a spectacular couple of weeks I have had! It has been difficult to blog because I love to share pictures and have found it tough to travel at warp speed and blog with an iPhone. Any of you reading this who have good skills on using iPhones to blog please call and give me a lesson.

That being said, here is my life in brief as of today. I'll fill in the blanks with pictures and details when I return from Israel. That's right, I spent the day on the beach in Tel Aviv today!!! What a spectacular place, what great food and what beautiful people. Zach and Debby are here, Chris arrives tomorrow and we will then travel together around the country. But, that is the subject of future blogs.

The thirty second version of my trip from Santa Cruz to Washinton DC is this. Monday to Sunday of last week we traveled over 3600 miles by car. Day one San Joachin Valley and Barstow for the night. Day two, Death Valley and Las Vegas for the NCAA Finals and a very fun night at the Cosmopolitan Hotel and Casino. Day three, the Hoover Damn and the Grand Canyon!!, Then Gallup, New Mexico for the night. Day three, Sante Fe and on the way to climb the high point of Oklahoma, Black Mesa, spent the night somewhere near Black Mesa. I need to look at a map to recall the name of that city? Day four, to Black Mesa, Up across it to the high point of Oklahoma and down! Then off again across more cowboy country and stop for the night just outside Fort Smith, Arkansas. Day Five, a visit to Fort Smith, my mom's childhood home, a visit to Little Rock, home of Bill Clinton's Presidential Library and night in a hotel just pst Memphis Tennessee. Day six, run/drive like the wind over 800 miles in one day to Washington DC, spending the night at my friend Sandra Jean Sand's house after successfully delivering her 1992 Buick Century station wagon. Day seven, walk the Mall in Washington DC, enjoy the lovely dinner and birthday celebration that Jean made for John and me, and catch a midnight Megabus for New York City. Day eight, consult with Chris Sands on our apartment, rent a car and drive Chris to the airport, continue to Albany to drop off John and return to NYC for a long, deep sleep.

I will post pictures and related stories when I have access to a good computer. But, now I am in the Holy Land for Passover and Easter!!