Get the party started!!

Well, we landed in Vancouver for a final weekend with 2 of our 3 daughters and their families - excited to be this much closer to the Silk Road trip!!  We were cutting things a little fine with the details - the passports and Visa's only made in back on Monday (three days prior to leaving).  A little mad dash with the packing as seen here:

Russ and I spent the last day on the Ski Hill (Wednesday) expecting some nice spring skiing, but instead got 4 inches of fresh powder!  However, when I complained of this to my girls - they said, and I quote "WAHHH, you'll be in Portugal on Monday!

Please check back here frequently as we travel from Lisbon, Portugal to London, UK and overland along the Silk Road to the Philipines!

You can follow us online through this blog, and also through our Spot Messenger site which you can view our actual location each day and mark our progress in real time.  I will post the link to the Spot page soon.