Introduction - Vy

Greetings!

Vy is the older sister so I guess that makes me the crone in this endeavor. I am responsible for transportation. I arranged transport to get the 3 Sisters where we need to be. I used my airline miles for a couple of tickets to get Vy and Ky out west. This saved us $350 each. I also found a fairly good deal on a rental SUV for the adventure. It was a challenge due to the high taxes in tourist areas of the United States. I though for a while we might have to pay over $1000 just for the vehicle. I ended up finding a 3 week deal on a full size SUV (jeep grand cherokee or similar) for under $700. In looking at our budget (Py is in charge of that), we'll need the cash because we had to increase the amount of money going towards gasoline from $3/gal to $5/gal. It looks like we will travel just over 1200 miles on this jaunt. We looked at scaling back the vehicle size, but the cargo space on anything smaller (jeep liberty, subaru outback) was just not enough for 3 sisters, assorted friends, their luggage, and camping gear. We're still debating the extra driver which will cost us $8/day. It may not be necessary once we take a close look at the maps.

Vy is a research chemist. I develop advance materials from agricultural commodities. It's a great job. I garden and practice yoga. I'm currently studying zen buddhism and am mostly vegetarian; mostly.

Thanks for reading.