We had originally planned on a seven month trip and would have left in late August, but my shoulder surgery messed that up. Instead, we took two smaller road trips, one to Lake Tahoe for Candice's race (4.0) , and another to the Okanagan and Colville National Forests in eastern Washington (4.1).
And we got to spend more time with family.
But this leg of our fourth road trip is the biggie. We have the camper all ready, having spent a lot of time and thought on what we needed from it. We have the house all ready--complete with seriously upgraded security systems.
This week we did our final shopping and packing. A major issue for us is vegetables, since we eat so much of them. We won't be in a place with a good grocery store for about three weeks, so we have to prepare for that. Here are the vegetables that we have packed. Look yummy don't they?
We also have packed almost 100 cans of food, 30 pounds of frozen meat, 40 gallons of water, 15 pounds of coffee, and enough wine and Diet Coke to last me for a long time. And my weakness--plenty of low fat chips (low fat so I can eat more of them--I can't pretend that I get the low fat ones for any sensible reason).
It has been raining all week, and the prediction is for more rain and more rain. We wonder what we would do with our time if we stayed around here in the winter. Eat? Go to a gym every day for 30 minutes and walk on the treadmills? Not even birds to look out the window and enjoy (although to be fair, a couple of weeks ago we saw these two owls right outside our window).
But the beautiful tropical birds that congregate at our bird feeders by the dozens have left their Whidbey Island paradise and have flown south.
And it's time for us to also.
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