Vacation time has been confirmed (April 19th - May 6th) so it's time for another "patented Gingles road trip". Hopefully Karen and I can meet up with a number of Xmarkers along the way. Woohoo!

Here's a tentative itinerary, although it could change drastically without notice. That's what makes the trip "patented". LOL

We've booked a room for 6 nights at the Imperial Palace in Las Vegas starting April 20th. We'll be there for the Celtic Event & Xmarks gathering on the weekend, then we'll spend a few days exploring the region.

We're planning on hauling the Harley with us on the trip so we can enjoy the warmth & sun. The Laughlin River Run motorcyle rally starts on the 25th and we plan to ride down for the day.

Thursday the 26th we'll head down to the San Diego area so we can start our trip up the coast right at the Mexican border. We plan to drive the PCH & Hwy 101 wherever possible. Landlocked people need to see the ocean once in awhile, ya know.

From San Diego we'll head up to the LA area on Friday and probably spend Saturday there. I just need some tips as to what part of the city to stay in. SOmeplace safe, but close to the sights.

On Sunday we'll head up to San Francisco and spend the night there, before heading into Oregon on Monday. Not sure where in oregon we'll stop, probably somewhere around Coos Bay. Any thoughts?

From there we'll head into Seattle where we hope to spend at least a couple of nights.

We might head up to Vancouver for a night before heading home, but it will depend on how well the money lasts, and how tired we are. Who knows, we may lose it all in Vegas and have to go home via Greyhound!

Anyway, that's a basic outline of our plan. We'd love to meet up with anyone who lives along our route.