What's All This About, Then?
(aka Your Many Questions Indelicately Answered)

(hint #1: scroll down and this won't be as hard to read. You're welcome.)


We go on trips. Road trips. Other trips. But mostly road trips. Sometimes (ideally) long ones. Sometimes not.

Yes, this is the same blog as the one about the Oregon Trail. Yes, it used to have a stagecoach and a dusty feel to it, which went along with the Oregon Trail very nicely. Yes, that was a great trip. That was three years ago. (the blog is still here if you want to read it...it starts here)

So...as we embark on the latest chapter of our roamin' ways, we want to invite you to come along. First, we might get lonely. I mean, we don't really get lonely much, but it's possible. Second, you might miss us. Third, you just might be nosy. And fourth, we are notoriously and and historically bad at sending postcards, circulating photos, keeping up with a scrapbook; as a matter of fact, with documenting our trip in most every way. We figured this might be the 21st century solution. It worked for the last trip, which was (as you know) three years ago (sniff). So we're keeping it going.


We hope you'll pop in, read about where we are, what we're doing, see photos of our adventures, and experience our gypsy hardships (like no room service) vicariously! Most importantly, we hope you'll add your comments and greetings, which we will get when we get to one of our stopping points. Souvenir requests will receive due consideration (Hint #1: Success is highly correlated with tackiness).

For those so inclined (you know who you are), we will also list links to related sites so that you can learn with us as we learn on the road, and maybe visit some of the same sights in the future!

Happy Trails to us all!

Love, Phoebe and Robin


Tuesday, August 14, 2007

The Eagle Has Landed

We arrived in the Bay Area today, crossing the Golden Gate on a beautiful and typical summer afternoon. Trust me--it's orange-ish red. Try squinting. As we crossed, Phoebe said "Just imagine...once they finish painting it, they have to start painting it all over again!". Way to retain information, Pheebs.

But before that, we made one stop, at Blackie's Pasture (in Tiburon, Marin County). What's Blackie's Pasture, you say? Oh. You should know about this. Blackie is the subject of an incredibly beautiful and moving picture book, titled "Blackie, the Horse Who Stood Still."
(neither Audrey nor I can read it out loud without crying, Phoebe just really loves the story and looks at us like we're strange) and an important part of the history of the area. Check it out (if you know a kid, buy it for them...it's wonderful). You can read more about it amazon.com, but suffice it to say that Blackie was a real horse who lived in this particular pasture until the ripe old age of 33. He was buried in the same pasture, and a beautiful metal sculpture was erected to honor him. Phoebe has read the book countless times since her grandma gave it to her, and it was a thrill to walk in Blackie's footsteps today.

We have more exciting tales to tell, some through a project we're working on about our trip, some about the possible reincarnation of a very special dog, and some that we don't even know about yet! So keep checking in over the next couple of days, as we wind down to the end of our great adventure. And keep sending us comments...we love to hear from you.

3 comments:

Eastbound Mama said...

OK-so I cried just seeing Phoebe standing next to the statue. Robin speaks the truth about the book--it's very moving and heartwarming.

Anonymous said...

Hurray for you two!
I'm glad that you will continue the blog because I will continue to read it. I share highlights with the rest of the family.
I think a journey such as yours is just the perfect subject for a blog. It beats the heck out of the usual "what I had for lunch"and "why I hate hangnails" stuff that is all too prevalent on blogs.
Thanks for sharing it all with us.
Happy Trails!

Phoebe and Robin said...

Thanks, Ellen. It was great to know that you were reading, too!