1000 Days and still tripping!

The Memorial Day weekend is one of the most eagerly awaited for holidays. It is the first major holiday during the year when you can travel freely without having much to worry about the weather.

3 years ago, a visionary, a.k.a Ramkumar set up the stage to host Columbus Reunion. It turned out to be a grand success! Other trips among our friends circle followed in a mad rush in 2001 with varying destinations and compositions. It even inspired the director of April Maadhathil to adopt the concept without paying Ramkumar the royalty for the same!

3 weddings, an engagement, a pregnancy, 2 home purchases later, you expect things will be kind of different. But the fact is that we are still able to celebrate our togetherness on every major occasion such as those mentioned above.

3 years after the first trip and the enthusiasm is not down. We are off to San Diego for the Nth time to visit Sowmiya before she leaves California. Each time we've been out there, it has been a lot of fun and I expect this to be no different. This is the 6th time perhaps, after SANtana, VivekEnd, SANdhippu (to meet her mom, when she came down here first), her reception, The Big Independence Drive and now! This city will perhaps be the most visited, now that Sunnyvale has become my home!

I hope you will enjoy the coverage for this trip, brought to you as a 5-part series for ease of reading. I look forward to your comments and suggestions.

continued... Part 2: Night Riders