Please see this thread for a sad new development.

But we are still packing and still getting ready for a great adventure.

Skipjack, I am amazed that the memsahib could do that even in her sleep!
Peter, yes, there will be a journal. Thank the gods for recording devices because if I had to write it all by hand, it would never happen!
I have chatted with you at length and corresponded with you a bit, Harpgirl and found you to be charming! I can't wait to meet you in person.
kat, the gig sounds fine. Thank you. Bill and I will split the set.
Mouldy, I made an error in my very first itinerary in which I indicated a stop in Laramie. I had it stuck in my brain that this is where Sorcha lived. Wrong. She is in Torrington. So I guess we won't get to see the bullet holes in the mirror. But Sorcha promises that we will get to see the actual wheel ruts of the Oregon Trail. That may not sound very exciting to some of you. But it means a lot to me. I will explain at a later date(after I have seen them).