We will probably leave in five days time on the ferry from Victoria to Port Angeles in Washington State.
It has been somewhat stressful but for relaxation we have been watching again the first and second series of Downton Abbey. We wanted to view them again before watching series three which has just started airing in North America. We will have to wait till we get home in April to watch series three which we have purchased from BBC America.
Why is Downton so enjoyable? Firstly the plots created within the series by Julian Fellowes are superb. The scenery of course is spectacular and reminds one so much of a lot of British History. The actors of which there are about 20 each have such unique characters which are so well played. The dramatisation of human interactions both "upstairs" and "dowstairs" seems so true to life. One can see it in to-day's social interactions without the label of being "upstairs" or "downstairs". And then there is of course Maggie Smith, the Dowager Duchess who says things which no-one else could say!
Selling ones house of 21 years, downsizing and getting rid of a lot of stuff, having the movers coming in the day before we leave to take all the boxes we have filled and put them in storage for nearly three months has taken a lot of time. Then there is all the legal and banking stuff to be looked after.
However five days before departure we think we are ready. There is of course quite a lot of last minute packing to do.
We will be well connected by cell phone, by Email and by postings on this Blog for the next three months although if we are out in the desert in Arizona or New Mexico we may be out of contact for up to a week. We will be leading a vagrant, nomadic, Gypsy life!
Who knows were our travels will take us but we are aiming for Southern California, Arizona and New Mexico.
To-night it is forecast to b -2C in Victoria and +3C to-morrow. We will be heading south until we find warmer weather!
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