Tim & Will's Excellent California Adventure
Day One: NC to GA to CA

All you parents out there, here's a tip. Don't tell your kid(s) that you'll be flying off to see some awesome family in a super-cool state until you wake them up early in the morning to drag them to the airport. ;)

William slept a few hours last night, then got up and came hopping into my bed @ 2 a.m. all excited to go the airport... at 5. Ack.

Then Deli and Mittens joined us for the party. Lots of petting, trying to settle 'em all down, then finally, defeat at 3. Up, breakfast, some TV, showers, final packing, and we're off.

Thanks to David for coming with us/parking the van at his place while we're away. AirTran did us proud getting us to Atlanta a bit early.

We're crashing at a restaurant for the four hours between flights, then off to San Francisco, Julie, Steve, Jacqueline, Isabelle, and Caroline.

Another image while we wait...



12:37 p.m. ET Update
Somewhere over Alabama?

AirTran, nice going. Here I am, strapped in my seat, cruising at 35,000 feet, heading West, and surfing the Internet faster than I could back at Atlanta's airport. Very cool. I've come a long way from that brown box with a red light on it, 300 baud Commodore 64 modem, which could sent text to my screen slower than I could read it!

Will's asleep next to me, we're on our way, and it's all very good. More later.

Here's Will now: