Summer Travels

Roses are Red,

Violets are Blue,

It won’t be too long,

Before we’re seeing (most) of you!

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Tomorrow’s the day

We pull up the stakes

And put ‘er in drive

And test out the Brakes!

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Northward we’ll go

(It’s too late for the Snow!)

Three days on the Road,

Into Appomattox we’ll pull,

Easter Dinner with Brian and April,

Our bellies, quite full!

(Good thing I don’t have to rhyme with Appomattox!)

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One more day on the Road

And at Yetter’s we’ll park,

But only for a week,

And then we’re off like a Lark!

(I didn’t know Larks were known for just flitting away! But apparently they like to soar off singing their little hearts out, so I’m gonna go with it plus it rhymes so nicely!)

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Soon, we’ll be Rollin’ into Poland,

And a few others ta boot,

Lithuania, Lativia, Estonia, and Finland

Rhyme they don’t and I don’t give a hoot!

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For three weeks we’ll be gone

And I’m already tired,

Cuz sleep I don’t

Cuz I’m way too wired!

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While we’re vamoosed,

Miss Biggie goes in

Some work she needs

Like a shampoo n’ trim!

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Way up top,

The ‘roof’ so to speak,

Gets a new waterproofing

So we don’t spring a leak!

Her sides will be glowing

The result of a waxing

But it’s a ceramic being applied,

Which is really quite taxing!

So watch out for that ‘Light’

Put your sunglasses on,

It’s really just us

Driving Miss ‘Bright’!

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Yup! We hit the road tomorrow with a projected ETA at YTR (Yetters’ International) sometime Easter Monday evening. We’ll be there for a week before we wing our way over the Atlantic for another O.A.T. trip, this one is called The Baltic Capitals (with a Pre-Trip to Poland). One of your fellow readers, Karen (my sister-in-law) took this exact same OAT trip a few months ago and the reports were everything that we had hoped for and then some. Can’t wait!

            So that you can plan the rest of your summer and know how many days that you’ll be gone (so you can request off in enough time!) I will outline the Projected Schedule of Travels here for you.

                        13 April – 4 May   Baltic Capitals

                        16 July – 1 August  Iceland, Svalbard, & Norway

                        7 August – 15 August   Alaska Cruise

            We will probably exit New Jersey for points North and West about a week later. Travels to include:

• the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
• Minneapolis
• Seely Lake, Montana
• (A town in Idaho) which I know but escapes me right now!
• Vancouver, Washington
• Pacific City, Oregon
• Newport, Oregon
• Maybe a stop in California
• Durango, Colorado
• Brenham, Texas

We should be rolling into Brenham sometime in the year 2525 (Zager & Evans 1969) or October, whichever comes first and just in time for the temps to decrease to about 97 degrees!

                        So get those “armchairs” warmed up because it looks like a busy season!