Tomorrow is the day we leave. I think we are ready, but it is daunting to think that we are really leaving for nearly a year or so. This past week or so has been a whirl wind of activity not particularly related to this trip.
My son Don, got married to Julie last weekend, which meant that as parents of the groom we held the rehersal dinner at the house. In addition, my daugther Liz and her wife Stephany came to stay with us along with Noah Lee my new grandson! Noah being only 3 weeks old slept most of the time throughout all of the festivities including the wedding ceramony. He was a very good house guest.
After all the partying, and saying goodbye to friends and relatives, we were able to get to the task of packing the trailer and the truck. It felt more like we were moving away as we pretty much packed up most of our personal stuff either for the trip or for storage. Now that alot of our stuff is out of the house, the house echos when we talk. Just like when you go into an empty room. At this point I think we are both pretty tired and just want to get on the road and start the adventure.
I have been reading "Travels with Charlie" by John Steinbeck a book about his 3 month camper trip which he made in 1960 alone but with his dog Charlie. Steinbeck used Charlie to meet people along his journey and made many friends by plying them with free booze. It seemed to work pretty well for John, we'll have to see if that socilizing style is still in vogue.
Well tomorrow is the day, and we plan to get on the road by the crack of 10:00am. No point in trying to add to the commute when you can only go 35 mph over the mountains. I'm sure we will need the time to take that last look around to see if we forgot to pack something.
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