Welcome to Letters to Zerky
A Legacy to a Lost Son and a Road Trip Around the World

In 1967 and 1968, Bill and JoAnne Raney, along with their ten-month-old son Zerky and their dog Tarzan, took a trip around the world in a Volkswagen bus they had bought in Germany. Forty years later, Bill tells the tale in the letters he wrote so that Zerky might someday know of his great adventure.

Letters to Zerky: A Father's Legacy to a Lost Son and a Road Trip Around the World may be purchased now by clicking the "Order the Book" link below, by using the "Contact Bill" link, by calling him at (831) 429-4234, by writing him at Nickelodeon Press, 3131 Branciforte Dr., Santa Cruz, CA 95065, or by visiting a bookstore in the Santa Cruz area.

Letters to Zerky is hot off the press and Bill plans to have it in much broader distribution soon. Meanwhile we hope you will have fun by going to the subsequent maps on this website and clicking your way around the world on the numbered black dots.

Let us "Waltz You Around the World," as Bill says in his song. Use the "Hear the Zerky Waltz" button to turn his music on. (You will also be able to turn it off again.)

Visit us again soon. Our website is growing and changing.