I admit I am waking in the middle of the night worrying about traveling across the country again. As I think back, I realize this is not something new. Every time we close to actual departure I obsess  at 4 AM when I should be asleep. This has resulted in several calls to various suppliers to confirm that I do have what I need that they provide. It results in my trying out various systems to be sure they are working. For the last couple of days we were using our onboard water pump to empty the freshwater tank so I could refill with fresh, freshwater. 

So far all systems are go!

After I wrote that the water pump quit working in the middle of a load of laundry. Westwind, our favorite mobile tech just left with some of our money and we now have a functioning water pump for the trip.

The key systems that we cannot try out are ourselves. It has been two years since we traveled cross country. We have allowed 30 days for the trip and we know it can be done in 11. There will be plenty of time to stop and rest. We are looking forward to many stops to visit friends as we go. For the most part we will be stopping at places we have stopped in the past. The roads are roads we have driven at least once. It is hard to travel from the southwest to the northeast 22 times and find routes we haven’t taken at least once.

My local activities still keep me involved. I am no longer president, I willingly relinquished that post when a wonderful alternative presented herself. I remain a member at large until next February. I have taken on working with two important committees as their Liaison; Insurance and Road Repair. I know somethingabout the first and am rapidly learning about the latter. 

I’ll post this now and prepare to write more as we go.