We're taking our lemons and making lemonade

It's happening; The thing I've feared since the dot.com bust back in 2001. I'm being laid off from my job of 13 1/2 years at Sun Microsystems, Inc. Just as this shock began to subside Leon came home with the news that the company where he has worked for the last 12 years will be closing due to the owner's failing health. With these life changing events unfolding for us Leon and I have had many conversations about what our next steps should be and we've come to a decision: We're going on a Airstream road trip! We realize that we have been given a gift of time away from the work-a-day world so we are taking advantage of it.

Here's our travel plan. We will head out west to visit National and State Parks in South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah and Arizona. We'll then turn towards home with visits to sites in Colorado, Kansas, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Our plan is flexible, so we may add or subtract places as we go, depending on what interests us.

First things first: Follow along as we prepare our trailer for this adventure. We'll be adding solar panels and a solar controller over the next couple of weeks along with other upgrades and repairs. We'll also be working on the routes we'll travel and places to stop along the way. We'll post them here, please provide your feedback / suggestions!