T-Minus 16 Hours and Counting!

As I am unable to sleep this evening, the words of the poet Mars Bonfire are swirling through me noggin, and I quote, "Get your motor runnin', head out on the highway, lookin' for adventure, and whatever comes our way. Yeah darlin' go make it happen, take the world in a love embrace. Fire all of your guns at once, explode into space" (Apparently Mr. Bonfire had an affinity for words that end in "g," but didn't like to actually use the "g"). Back on task here; that pretty much sums it up. We have waited so long to be at this point, and now that it is here, it seems like a cool dream. After tellin' ourselves to be patient and not get too excited, it's unreal to turn that around and loose those inhibitions. Months of plannin' now come down to six hectic hours of last-minute hysteria before we throw everythin' in the car and head to the airport. We have had some fantastic input from many people, and it has really helped to calm our aprehensions about some of the unknowns. A special thanks to Ellen and Kristen, for sharin' their China experiences with us yesterday. The photo on tonight's blog (blo' didn't look good) is of Ellen, and she is even cuter in person.
We probably won't do much updating until we reach Beijing, so it may be a few days. We fire all our guns at once and explode into space tomorrow at 4:00 PM, and the next phase of our adventure begins. Be sure to join us! OK then.