Packing for this trip was relatively easy since I started with my 2019 Andes Trail packing list and made a few adjustments. I really recommend using a packing list you create beforehand. My final check found a couple of important items I had forgotten (like my vaccination card – supposedly needed to be allowed to enter Mauritania!) It was nice to have a final weekend plus a full day without work to pack everything.
Katie drove me to the airport for a sad-but-exciting good-bye. THANKS Katie❤️. This seems like such a giant adventure, and that I’ll be gone forever but I’ve done bigger and we can stay in contact pretty easily in this world of phones that work in over 200 countries. It was the easiest check-in ever; Air France for the win so far.
It’s been fun the last few days chatting with fellow riders, some of whom are already in Paris. I can’t wait to meet everyone this weekend and set out on our first ride from the Eiffel Tower next Monday. In the meantime I get to spend some time in Paris with my son Beau which makes this whole thing even better!
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Thinking of you A LOT today and also every day, and wishing you a wonderful adventure and safe travels. Now enjoy Paris with Beau
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Glad to be on your mailing list for the Grand Adventure South. Keep the Good News coming. Paris was a favorite place for physics meetings, usually at Orsay, a little out of town. Enjoy the trip !
love and hugs from Bill and Carol in Ruby Valley with Frannie and Chris.
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Have a great flight and a wonderful reunion with Beau. So excited for you! It’s really nice to be here with Chris, Bill, and Carol in RV right now! We all miss you! xxoo
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I am once again excited about your trip. I so love your blogs. It is a bit like being there. Might you share your packing list? Please know that CCE is trying to figure out 5 away trips next year. China, Armenia, Cuba, Spain and Nepal. All are in the planning stages. Tim Thomas 831 728 2117c 408 310 9966
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Nice car. 🙂 Have fun. Just saw that you blogged the Munich trip. Cannot wait to read it.
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