It all started with a really good cup of coffee. The two women woke up in their little house in downtown Napa and realized, this would be one of the last days they would spend there. The two dogs waited patiently by the kibble bag for their instructions. The last items they would not be taking with them were lined up like soldiers on the porch for the inspection by Craigslist enthusiasts who would come over the next few days to pick through the boxes of stuff, things they had collected over the last fifty years. Things they had decided that they no longer needed to cling to.

It was a cold, misty, grey morning in wine country that day. Spirits were high and the two women listened to Elvis Costello on the stereo as they stepped lightly through the maze of now unwanted possessions. That's it! They decided to shed everything that couldn't fit in their cars and mobilize. 2009 would present itself to them now with a new path, like one of them said to the other, 'I'm turning my canoe around and going downstream, I'm tired of fighting the current'.

The advice they got from concerned family and friends was to get rid of the dogs and they would have more opportunities if they would just continue to work as slaves of the system, however these sage women decided that THEY could see more opportunity in getting rid of everything else, keeping the dogs and accepting whatever future came with them. They were happier with that choice, and so was Gigabyte and Sweetie. Four very lucky dogs now on an EPIC adventure.

It all started when the women one day decided to plant four crystals in a diamond shape on the map around them for protection and clarity. They had fun with it, choosing the locations on the map starting at the north with the Soda Springs castle ruins. This would only be a problem because one of them an issue with tresspassing. For some reason, they did it anyway. The other one got photos:

They got busted by the caretaker of the land. He had left a note in the car that the cops were coming right away and we better take notice! But when the women talked to the men, they softened up and left them with a smile. Mission accomplished. Now, on to the second spot:

The Napa Airport the south point, ho hum... Then they drove out to point three, a grapefarm west of Napa:

Napa really is a beautiful place, the crystal was planted in the shoulder knot of an old oak tree. Next, they headed east to a point on the map that landed on a crossroads in a rural part of Napa:

And so it was done. The grid had been activated and something was set into motion that they would not fully realize until the next year...