Saturday, August 14, 2010

Ready to Launch: California to Maine ... and back

Home On The Road

We've been leisurely packing for days.  It feels like we're moving out of our home to some faraway place.  If I'm not careful, I'll be taking the kitchen sink; I'm on such a roll!  However, packing for our three month road trip around the US is only the finale before actual liftoff tomorrow morning.  A trip like this entails considerable reading, choosing places to inspect, friends to visit, selecting primary and secondary routes, preparing for every weather offered:  hot to freezing; dry to excessively humid; clear to stormy, even snowy.  Then there's making sure the RV is road worthy and comfortably livable.  In reality, we've been working on this journey for three months. 

The process has been most enjoyable for me.  Doris has given me free rein, asking only that we see new and interesting things and have fun connecting/re-connecting with people.  What an opportunity.  What a challenge!

Tomorrow, we'll commence the journey and begin to learn how good a job I've done so far.

The Beginnings