Welcome New Readers!

If you're new to the blog (as I suspect many of you are, since we're finally leaving Thursday!), be sure to click on the number 2010 at the right to bring up all of the blog entries.  Then scroll all the way to the bottom, and start reading the entries in the order they were posted.  This will give you some idea of the nature of the trip, the itinerary, and the people involved.  Enjoy!