Sacramento Travel Meeting - Saturday, June 18th, at 10:00 am

Hi Eileen, won't be able to attend this month's gathering as I'll be out of town over Father's Day Weekend. Look forward to seeing everybody in July and hearing about Lauri & Ed's trip, Andrea's trip, and anyone else who had the gall to visit Europe without taking us. :)

I get home Tuesday, so I'll be there. Hopefully not jet lagged. I don't have problems going to Europe, but it seems to take a long time to adjust when I come home.

I need to leave on the early side too, by 2:00 at the latest.

At last....I'll be there and maybe Doug too although he might be really late. We're looking forward to meeting everyone and hearing all the trip reports and plans!

We will be thinking of you guys as we make our way to the Sierras for our annual family camp week -- carrying more luggage for a week than we did for eight weeks in Europe! (Of course, we weren't packing sleeping bags, towels, cooler, camp chairs ... and with real walls in our hotel rooms we didn't need to be prepared for possible near-freezing nights in a tent-cabin.) See you in July!
Ed and Lauri

Since Lauri and Ed won't be the only regulars in the Tahoe area that weekend, I vote we move the meeting to Lake Tahoe! I'm sure the temperatures will be much cooler...and I'm certain that they won't mind us all showing up!

Andrea, since you're probably the only person to pass Panera (on a possibly-convoluted way to Lake Tahoe, but still...), would you please put signs on the Panera doors with directions to Lake Tahoe for those who haven't gotten the memo? Thanks...

I'm looking forward to the July meeting when we'll have a full house and everyone will be more rested! Of course, we'll all need rest afterwards ;-)

Ack! I nearly forgot. I, also, have a rare commitment for that afternoon, so it'll be an early day for me, too; around 2:00-ish.

Would love to see you all -- except we will be nearer hot Sonora than cool Lake Tahoe. ;- )

I'll be there with bells on! "There" being Sac or Tahoe or wherever you guys will be.... Oh I'm so confused.

Have fun Lauri and Ed! Might be cold at night but you have each other to keep you warm..... : )

Andrea, will be nice to welcome you and Jim home. I'll bring the Red Bull.

Lauri, see y'all in July!!! I'm in no mood for the hot Sierras...just the cool ones.

Maybe we'll just meet at Panera after all ;-)

Susan, now you know to wear your Panera-appropriate bells.

Polishing them now Eileen... : )

I'll be there. Not sure about any of my people though.

Oh No! Are we supposed to be wearing bells? Or is that something that is earned after so many meetings? Do Moscow meetings count?

Rob, we'll save some space for 'your people' ;-)

Susan, bring an extra bell for Darcy. We don't want her feeling nekkid.

I'll bring my best bells for you Darcy!

Thanks, Susan! I don't want to be under-dressed for the Panera crowd!

I'll be coming this month and really looking forward to meeting Darcy (another dancer!)
Looking forward to seeing the rest of you, too, of course!

I'll be there too!

Darcy, under-dressed, over-dressed, it will be nice to meet you!

It will be good to finally meet all of you too! It sure was fun to meet up with Andrea and Marie in Venice and Siena but it sure seems like a long time ago...already!

I just got home and of course it's almost 2:00 a.m. so I'm wide awake. Time to catch up with things here on the forum.

"Andrea, will be nice to welcome you and Jim home. I'll bring the Red Bull."
Fun fact - Did you know that the headquarters for Red Bull are in a small town near Salzburg? We drove past it while we were on a Sound of Music tour. Yes, we did a tour. It was a fun day!

I'm looking forward to Saturday.

I'll be in Navato. Expect to be there, albeit late.

Hi,
We're planning on being there. Fresh back from our trip to Spain/Italy. Looking forward to it.

Barry & Diana Gray

Really fun meeting! Great to meet Darcy, Diana and Barry! Hope to see you all again. Thanks everyone!

Barry and Diana, you have to come back so I can hear about the rest of your trip...and see all more of your fabulous 3,000 photos ;-) Your stories were great! So...now you just have to return next month...

Darcy, it was so fun to have you visit us (plus I got an extra 2 hours with you in my car!)!!! We're already making plans for a road trip to Idaho...if you'll have us ;-) I didn't know about your "special notebook" (mentioned on the Idaho meet-up thread) until today...no telling what's written in there LOL!

Larry, I'm so glad that Mary and your friend, Jamie, came this month. I never get enough time to talk to everyone :-( so I hope that they will visit us again soon! They're both such nice and interesting people - as you are, too - so bring them back soon.

Rob and Rob and Deb - it's always good to see you; sometimes, I even get to talk with you a little bit! I still think we need to implement a 'speed dating-style' strategy - instead of one long table, have several 2-4 person tables and a 20-minute timer - so we can all get to talk with everyone for at least 20 minutes ;-) (Rule #1 - never talk about your ex...)

It's always so good to see a Bay Area Contingent at out meetings! Susan, SharYn, and Betty - we'll always have an extra chair for you. Well, not the one chair for all of you...but you know what I mean.

See everyone on July 16th!

A very nice meeting. Any time one can talk about travel, history and early retirement (some of my favorite subjects) without that being out of place that's a good thing. Btw, I forgot to plug my very own trip report, from my 1989 summer trip to Europe which I posted in the trip report section several weeks ago.

Just have a moment to tell all of the Sacramento Group what a wonderful time I had and how great it was to meet all of you! Your welcome made me feel right at home as though we had been friends forever...or at least for 6 years! Thank you all!
Now we just have to get you all up to Lewiston for one of our great meetings!

It was a treat to meet you, too, Darcy!
Until next time ...

Darcy,
A trip to Idaho for a travel meeting is definitely in my plans. Doubtful for this year, but maybe next year. It was great seeing you again.

Darcy, we're working on our road trip plans :-) It was so great to spend time with you again! Don't be a stranger...

Rob, every time I begin to read your 1989 trip report, I get interrupted. I really want to read it with no distractions, because it looks so interesting. And thanks for a Trip Report from that period (especially from that area of the world); it's so fascinating to read about another place and another time and how different it all was then...especially that part of the world.

And FYI, if Panera is cold enough to hang meat in again, just ask me for an airline blanket; they're in my car ;-)

Road Trip idea: We rent a school bus (it's summer, lots available) and hook Andrea and Jim's trailer to the back and we're good to go!
Darcy will be thrilled to have us!

Eileen, maybe a blanket under everyone's chair next time! Party favors!