Our "Prelim" Post (!)

Well, here we are at home, on the eve of our extravaganza!!  You know the feeling, when you're ready to set out on a new adventure, you're worried you haven't packed everything you need, will the house be okay while we're gone?  Will my houseplants survive?  What if we get a check for $100K while we're gone and someone steals it?  Well, okay, the last one really isn't an issue, but the fact that we are travelling for more than two months in a motor home and don't have the motor home back  from the repair shop yet probably is a bigger deal....

We leave Wednesday morning for SE Washington (awash in rain!) where we will have two nights with Lorena's parents to help prepare food and prep the house in anticipation of the arrival of son Bill and his clan at G & G's (term we used for my parents while the kids were growing up).    They are flying into Spokane (about 2 1/2 hours drive from G & G's) and renting a car to travel with two little ones (3 and 1) to visit G & G (well, plus us I guess). 

So, here's the rub:  we pick up the motor home tomorrow morning after it has been in "the shop" for a month with various ailments...so we get it home and have a few hours to get it cleaned and outfitted for 10 weeks of travel!!  And we're old farts!

We have two kayaks on top of our tow vehicle (a Honda CRV) plus two hybrid bikes on the back of it (don't ask me how we're getting into the darn thing!)  We have the car stuffed with Casey MacDougal's kennel, his bike trailer (really? you say!)  emergency kit, extra water, kayak paddles, extra blankets (you never know!!), picnic basket, Lorena's pastels easel, and God knows what else!!  We haven't even loaded the motor home yet!  I'll fill you in after we've got that JOB complete!

Never mind that we're starting out on this trip with the possibility of MAYBE getting 6 miles/gal when gas is $3.60/gal!!  Aren't we smart and thrifty?!  : )

Okay, tomorrow is the big packing day!!