How did we get here?

Well, every story has a back story, it has to start somewhere, and it started with a silly idea.

No, it started before that, it started with a little boy, who wanted do be like his Dad and be in the RAF.  So the little boy grew up and became a young man, got himself a beautiful girlfriend, joined the RAF then got himself a wife, the same girl.  22 years later and he's served his time for queen and country, it's time to 'retire'.

So 22 years working for Aunty Lizzy (HRH) and it's time to do something for the wife and I, time to take a break before becoming another rat in the rat race.

So a holiday, a break somewhere, how about riding route 66 for a bit, a fortnight, cool, get away enjoy life for a bit...
OK, well if we are going to America, where do you want to see? well here and there and there too, OK, so thats us going to the east coast, west coast and mid country too, thats going to take more than a week or two.  I don't know if I can handle that long on a bike, what about hiring an RV?

So lets hire an RV for a month, do a bit of a tour? yeh cool, now where do you want to see? oh here, there and there and here.... OK thats a bit more than a month...  what about three?

Yowser, it's expensive to hire an RV for three months, it'd be cheaper to buy one and sell it when we are done, cool....

Well if we are buying one, be a shame to only stay for three weeks, how long can we stay for? 90 days without a visa.....

What about with a visa? six months! then a visa extension, thats more like it......

we are working on eight right now, but as with anything , things evolve.

Oh, and to set a few dates, I retire on the 13th July 2012, the plan is to fly out a week later.  The only dates set in the diary are 27th Aug 2012, our 20th wedding anniversary in Las Vegas to get our wedding vows renewed, and then the weekend of the 18th November 2012 in Austin Texas for the American F1 Grand Prix.

Adam