CS - This is Carl Schneider of the Don and Carl Come Along Show. We should try to connect some dots today on the progress that we've had getting all the paperwork done, which we've mentioned in the past, is quite onerous with Carnet, which is the passport for the car, across the various borders we're going to be crossing, insurance for the car for the different countries, and of course our own visas. We're still waiting to get our passport back from the Iranian Embassy in London. That was the only place an American can get a visa for Iran. Then of course all the medicine and vaccinations for driving around the world in various climates and geographical locations that go from sea level to as high as 17,000 feet above sea level and from deserts to jungles to metropolitan cities of millions and millions of people. Everything has been put together for us. Looking forward to leaving two weeks from today, August 28th and arriving in China the next day. Don and I have been in close communication to talk about the trip and everything, but I had to make an emergency trip back to LaCrosse where I made a stop between LaCrosse and Madison at a little town called Mt. Horeb. It has nothing to do with going around the world, but in Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin they have a mustard musuem. Don Jones happens to be an aficionado of mustard. He loves mustard. Well I found a museum that has over 2,500 different kinds of mustards and even has mustard tasting. If you're ever in the Madison area, Mt. Horeb is about 20 miles out of Madison on 18 and in downtown Mt. Horeb they have a mustard museum for those who like mustard.

Back to connecting the dots around the world. We got our tour books. In an event of this kind, in a rally, you receive a book that gives you, by kilometer, each major turn, various landmarks and of course, stops where there would be gas available or food available to make sure that we don't get lost. As I read through them, I was pleasantly surprised at the amount of detail that was included so I think it will be quite a bit easier than Don and my trip to Monte Carlo from London. In the front of each book, there were six to eight pages with a day-by-day description of what we're going to be seeing as far as Temples, canyons, mountains, various battle fields and so forth. Very interesting. It gives me a great deal of enthusiasm for seeing these wonders of the world as we go around the world.

I'm going to cut this a little short because I am on my way to Monterey, California for the annual Peeble Beach Concord and historic racing at Laguna Beach. I hope that you continue to tune in to the Come Along with Carl and Don show as we will be changing it several more times before we leave for China and then of course during the trip across China and India you'll be able to tune in. Thank you for listening to me and I'd like to say hello to all my friends and relatives. This is Carl Schneider signing off on the Come Along with Don and Carl audio update.