Friday – San Jose to Chico We started our trip at 10:10am on this Friday morning. Before leaving town, we stopped by an ATM to get cash, then headed north on I-680. We would spend pretty much the whole day on interstate highways. We stopped in Alamo (south of Walnut Creek) to stretch our legs […]

Day 8 – Friday My alarm went off at 6:00am to give us time to pack, eat, check out, and get on the road by 8:00. We hit the road five minutes early. That gave us plenty of time to fill the gas tank, return the car and get to the terminal. At 8:30, we […]

Day 7 – Thursday After a good night’s sleep, I woke up at 6:00. I wrote up part of the previous day’s journal, then checked the horizon to see if the sunrise would be obscured by clouds. There was a band of clouds on the horizon, but much of the sky was clear, so I […]

Day 6 – Wednesday When my watch alarm chimed at 6:00am, I turned if off, rolled over and went back to sleep. The sunlight woke us up again at 6:45 and we got up. We made coffee and relaxed. Chris read the paper and I wrote up the previous day’s journal. As we ate the […]

Day 5 – Tuesday Our alarm went off at 6:00, giving us plenty of time to prepare for our hike. We met Leslie in the Islander lobby at 7:30am and headed off to Kokee State Park. We got our first experience of rush hour on Kauai. Highway 56 north of Lihue has two lanes running […]

Day 4 – Monday When we got out of bed at 6:30am, Chris’s back was still pretty sore. We made a leisurely time of breakfast, planning our day, and reading the paper. With Chris’s back hurting, she did not want to attempt too much, so we decided to split up in the morning. I would […]

Day 3 – Sunday Once again, we awoke while it was still dark. We got up at 6:00am. When I heard roosters crowing, I looked toward the eastern horizon to see if it was worth going to the beach to watch the sunrise. The clouds were quite thick, so we passed on the opportunity. Chris’s […]

Day 2 – Saturday At 4:50am, neither of us could sleep any longer, so we got up. I typed up the previous day’s journal and Chris read. Since we were up early, we decided we would head down to the beach to watch the sun rise. On our way, we passed Ding, one of my […]

September 21 to 28, 2001 Intuit sponsored “ship trips” for members of the Quicken and Quicken.com development teams to reward us for shipping Quicken 2002 and a new version of Quicken.com in August. The trips ranged from a day at a spa to a long weekend at Yosemite or Las Vegas all the way up […]

Friday At 7:30, I couldn’t sleep any more. I got up, pleased that my legs were no longer so sore that I limped. I showered, then, walking normally, I got a hot breakfast from the hotel restaurant. I returned to the room, packed, and headed to the lobby, where I checked out. I checked my […]