Motorcar Diaries part-I: the road trip

The Plan: To travel 3275 miles in 14 days from Seattle to Houston (July 2-16) The method: Drive during Ella's nap time. Objective: Seeing as many sights, friends, and relatives as lie on our path. Equipment: "La aburrida" 1998 Nissan Altima with a leaky sunroof and mostly functional driver-side window. The pilot: Greg Thompson, a 31 year old pediatrician fresh from residency. Copilot: Hyunjoo (Kim), eternally 29-year-old navigator, photographer, computer consultant, and baby-juggler. Co-copilot: Ella, 14-month old happy-go-fussy toddler. The route: South from Seattle, along the Oregon Coast to Northern California, then inland to Yosemite, Death Valley, Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon, Pheonix, White Sands, and then 772 miles of bare Texas freeway into Houston. Final Destination: Baylor University. Home of the Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Intitiave, and our intended home from July 16th through August 12th. In August we'll fly to China to help establish a new "Children's Clinical Center of Excellence" in HIV/AIDS care. More to come...