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A few pics I swiped from the camp web site..

Mack Sleepaway Camp 2009

Miles decided to shave before bed..

Originally uploaded by benbabooey

We made it!  But getting there is half the fun, or so they say.  We took a bunch of pics along the way, which are enhanced by Picasa and Google Maps letting me plot them along the highways we drove (mostly I-80).  Enjoy!

The Drive from CO to CA

One cool thing about our new house, which we move into in over a month, is that it’s 4 miles to my office, by bike!  I probably need to, otherwise I’ll really feel like a dolt.  But, the good side is that Google donates $5 to a charity of my choosing for each day I self-powered commute – pretty cool.

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First cali memory, miles just learned how to ride a 2 wheeler!

Originally uploaded by benbabooey

Spezify – The results when I searched for myself were pretty darn cool

The Saitz family are now residents of Northern California.  With a final stop for some In-and-Out burger, we checked-in to our hotel, where we’ll live for 6 weeks, when we’ll move into our house – assuming all goes well

The hard thing is our address, we don’t really have one.  Our mail continues to go to CO, and will be forwarded here.

As for the ride, 1,300 miles in 2.5 days, my nerves are a little frayed, but nobody is worse for the wear.. and the behavior of the entire car was really quite good!

The first day here was nice, the kids swam, Aviva did laundry, I went for my first California-resident run, and we grabbed some dinner.

Took me a few minutes of troubleshooting, but I was able to get WP to “automatically” update. I had to change permissions on a folder to get it to go smoothly. Now I’m not sure if I should revert those permissions.. hmmm.

Onto more exciting times.. last night, while out for a walk, Tater killed a bunny rabbit. I didn’t see it, Mack had him on the leash and he pulled away suddenly and came out of the bushes with a rabbit in his mouth. That’s one squirrel and one rabbit killed.. what’s next? Chipmunk? No prairie dogs as we’re moving away from them. Woodchuck? Stay tuned..

In Search of the Saitz Tile

Jason took his brick photo one step further and made the search for it into a full length movie! (ok, maybe it’s a short)

Thanks Jason!

We moved out, sold the house (actually closed the sale) – and are now in a hotel, where we’ll be for the next 7.5+ weeks. It’s been good so far, 24 hours in and all, we all hope the rest goes as smoothly. We have a nice 2 bedroom suite, that allows the dogs, and has a nice kitchen, so all things considered, we’re doing ok.

Stay tuned for more mundane updates.