Almost Ready!

So much to do!

• Took the car to a mechanic shop I trust to get checked out. Changed the oil, changed the brake fluid, found a leaky gasket in the transmission and replaced it and changed the transmission fluid. Spent some bucks but not as many as if we broke down on the side of the road in the Sonoran Desert! Could still happen. But we've done what we can to prevent it.

• Put all the safety things we can think of in the car. First aid, a tool kit, something to reinflate flat tires and provide power to jump the battery if needed, flares, and more.

  

  

• Put something next to the seats to keep things from falling into the deadly void between the seat and the center console. You can buy that, and by God we did! Nothing worse than your phone ringing when it's under the seat after it fell out of your pocket. That's happened to me.

  

• PACKING! We have a lot of stuff. We're going to start packing the vehicle tomorrow and we'll find out how much we need to edit. Photos to come.

• And OMG gas prices! We're leaving at exactly the wrong time to have a large vehicle that gets about 23 miles to the gallon on the highway. Trying not to get political but...this insane attack in the Middle East will hurt everyone. It'll just hurt us a little more at the gas pump, hopefully for not too long. But the long-term effects on our nation will be felt for years to come. Just saying.