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So, here we are making plans faster than we thought!
Muriel's retirement came faster than we thought too!
I hope we can stay in touch and I'm making this big bcc email recipients list to help with that.
Here's our plan so far:
- Feb 12 until end of March: road trip to the Southeast (Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, etc). We'll be touring the main attractions, visiting friends along the way and hiking the portion of the Florida Trail in the Apalachicola National Forest.
- Back home by the end of March. We'll then be getting ready for the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). We fly on April 10 to Palm Springs, CA, where we are starting our hike.
- Let's assume we won't give up and we get to a good pace of 20 miles per day. If all goes well we should be done by the end of September.
- Back to the East, our home in Simsbury, where Lola and Joey should be living by then.
We would fly to France after Thanksgiving but at this point it's way too early to be sure!


We're thinking about starting a little blog also so "à bientôt"!


Joao & Muriel


PS: pour ceux qui ne comprennent pas l'anglais on espère que Google traduction pourra vous aider !

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