Preparations for the takeoff and concluding details in Derwood and DC pre-Departure: Melancholy contact at departure which leaves me forlorn at the outset of two international adventures .
Ticketed itineraries for the San Antonio TX visit Oct. 9—12, then on to Denver and Crystal Colorado, Oct 12—20.
The scramble near takeoff time for visas—without even so much as a passport—not yet begun in processing three weeks after cashing the second check for its renewal, now in a last ditch effort to get it by Saturday FedEx delivery for takeoff on Sunday.
The new domain and home page names.
After a “long-running month” and a short-scramble departure rush, Derwood is in beautifully superb condition, I am fit and trim, and I leave with a heavy heart that eclipses my enthusiasm for this two venue/two nation/two adventure trip on a sunny summer afternoon from the Derwood woods.