Way Back

I've been thinking a lot about our extended trip to LA next winter.

While there, I'll be training twice each day during the week. The classes run from an hour to an hour and a half, with one around mid-day, and one in the evening. This leaves plenty of time in the afternoon to do fun stuff together. The shortest downtime is five hours, and the longest is over eight.

On the weekends there is a single class Saturday morning. This is over by 10am, leaving the rest of the time free.

We are both thinking up things to do already.

One thing we haven't considered yet are the trips down to LA and back. We will be driving, so as to have wheels while there. What route, and how long do we want to take?

I suspect we'll drive down pretty directly. I'm thinking we should arrive on January 5^th. This is right after our traditional visit to family and friends in Victoria. This would mean heading down I-5, stopping for probably two nights on the way. Therefore leaving BC on January 3^rd. If this feels too tight, we can easily move it all back a week.

Let's assume that the trip down will be from the 3^rd to the 5^th. That would put the start of the trip back north to be early March.

There are three, very different routes home.

First, power back up I-5 without smelling the roses. This will be the option if we just want to go home.

Second, dawdle up the coast on a mix of highways 1 and 101. A much nicer drive, and more conducive to stopping in places like Monterey and San Francisco. Maybe a few days sprinkled here or there.

The third option involves heading inland and hitting Las Vegas, then north through Nevada and Idaho. We both really like Vegas, but right now that seems the least likely option. Being small town people we will likely not be needing any more glitz after several months in LA, but you never know.