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We're in "Duh Ashlee" LandThe Journey to Insanity Re-Visited- 2007
Days 1 – 5 : Turlock, CA to Los Angeles, CA
It has officially begun. We have left Turlock, and we’re on the road for another summer of insanity and life on the road. Here is an actual shot of us, driving down the freeway (being careful to mind the speed limit signs, of course). Don’t we look happy...
 Our lives for the next 8 weeks will be touring from town to town, staying in hotels, eating restaurant food. Lots of laughs, memories, and as always, being more and more amazed at the Lord’s incredible handiwork.
We left Turlock on the 24th, didn’t leave the house until about 3:30 in the afternoon. We just had too many things to get ready before leaving. But finally, we were all packed; two mountain bikes on top, 3 kids and a wife (and me), plus an extra van full of relatives caravanning with us across the US. Should be fun – huh?
First plans for the trip are this:
Spend the first week in LA with family
Spend the next two weeks driving across the US, with the following main stops:
That, with driving days, should come to about 2 weeks. At that point, if all goes well, we should end up in Panama City, Florida, for about 10 beautiful days on the Gulf of Mexico. We’ll keep you posted as thing progress.
So here are a few shots of the first week here in the southland:
 This is Rachel at Malibu, the exact moment that she realized that a crab had crawled into her swimming suit. She’s about to say, “oh fiddlesticks”.
 This is a nice Brazilian couple that we met on the beach, Briahn and Efa.
 Here’s Rachel, Paige and Kirsten, running backwards away from the water.
 Here are the kids practicing pointing, after they took a one-day class at the International Pistol and Duel Training Institute on how to hold and point a pistol. The Institute starts training using the finger, then they graduate you to pointing a stick, then a pencil, then rod, and then a pistol. Across the hall from their classroom was the International Nasal Blockage Extraction Institute, which uses many of the same techniques taught in the Pistol Institute.
( By the way, can anyone guess who the statue is, without looking it up? )
 Here’s my birthday girl. Today, amongst several fun activities, we had a picnic at Paramount Ranch. Here’s my 9-year old, unhinging her jaws to fit 3 cupcakes in her mouth at the same time. Notice how her eyes are always crossed, and about to roll back, in anticipation of the moment of strike.
 … later on during the family hike, Rachel found this tiny twig that she thought would work great as a walking stick. By the end of the hike, the muscles on her right side looked like Arnold Schwarzenegger.
We will continue to keep you updated… (Note: This does not mean that we will be posting every day. I am personally sorry for those of you who have a problem with being patient, but this will be a good learning experience. We will try to post at least once a week.)
8:49 PM - Jul. 28, 2007 - post comment
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