Here is a very brief summary of our 2010 travels. We have been traveling in Arcturus, our 2001 Alpine motor home since 2004. That is going on seven years now. 2010 is the lightest year of travels yet. We drove just over 6,000 miles, about half our normal rate.

We arrived back in what was once the Territory of Oregon on May 14 2010. That is 162 years from the formation of the territory, actually August 14, 1848. Of course that factoid has nothing to do with our travels. In case you are curious the territory was broken up in 1853 to create Washington Territory of the North half and again in 1859 to create the State of Oregon. Washington didn’t become a state until 1889.

We also bicycled for 552 miles in 2010 and walked another 256 miles. Our biggest bicycling year was 2008 when we rode 2097 miles.

We spent a lot of time with our grandchildren this year. You will remember that Mathilda was born on September 10th. Georgia is now a five year old. Grandson Bryce is 10, Patrick is 17 and Cody is 20 this year. The whole family got together at our son’s place in Gilroy, California for Christmas.

Judy and I were lucky, each night we borrowed a car and drove home to the Alpine for a quiet night. Sure is fun being a grandparent!

We attended five bluegrass festivals last year; four in the southwest and one in Tygh Valley, Oregon. Other than that we helped finish a few hundred diapers for our daughter’s on line business in Hillsboro, OR. See: http://getantsy.com

Good bye and Happy New Year from Gilroy California.
Gary and Judy