The main reason our proposed trip never happened was that later in the afternoon on July 4th we got our first set of foster kittens: Spotnik, Boy-o, and Tuxi.
These three were so friendly and completely nuts! They chewed up all sorts of stuff in the office, but none of us cared since they were also great cuddlers.
We only ended up having them about a week though because we had our annual vacation with the Bannings in Laguna planned for mid-July. We have a fairly torn up couch to help us remember them though!