...literally, as we spend our last few chaotic days up in Washington...
Our birds are presiding over it all, from the serenity of their perches.
Little Paquito has just begun trying to say "are we there yet?"
It sounds more like "rweyeryet?"
Tango, unfortunately, has mastered the shrill/stark sound of packing tape being stripped from its roll.
And they are both learning starling-ese, as the nest in the roof of our balcony sees birdie-babies maturing...
When we've moved before, it was either across town
(or across the hallway, once, from one corner to another in that Capitol Hill building)
or we just packed some belongings in a suitcase when we moved to and from Nicaragua.
But now as we pack up for the moving truck which arrives next Tuesday, we're realizing just how much work it is to wrap each thing carefully, label boxes, etc. etc...
The parrots-in-the-back-seat-road-trip should be interesting...
On the day after the movers take away our things, we plan on cleaning up, then driving down a couple of hours to stay with my wife's sister and her husband...
The following day--the 5th--we'll begin the long-drives.
Day one should take us down to the northern CA coast near Eureka.
We've always wanted to see the giant redwoods near there...
After that, we plan on driving across the Golden Gate bridge before driving down the central California coastal mountains, reaching the ocean again around Santa Barbara, driving down to stay with friends in San Diego before the final trek across the desert to Tucson. We should arrive there the 10th or the 11th.
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I thought this cartoon in this week's news was interesting,
given all the current debate about immigration,
and the fact that we are about to move to a state that has one of the highest percentages of Native American and Hispanic populations in the nation:
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===========================...a bit of factual food for xenophobic thought, perhaps...
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