Today is the day.
I am finally going to get the extra weight off.
And this time, I’ll keep it off!
We spent a bit of time downsizing stuff from the airstream today.
Extra clothes (NOT extra at all, in my opinion. When we all freeze to death because we don’t have enough layers, Ben will FINALLY understand), doubled up cleaning supplies (he means enough cleaning supples for 60 days so I don’t have to buy Clorox wipes at Mom & Pop’s Grocery for $20 a container), extra books (8 books for a 2 month trip? Plus most are romances and fast reads. And if I might add, well worth Ben letting me read those romances. Ugh! Come on!), anything we could find that would shave a few pounds off (I won’t mention all the extra junk Ben brought. Spare tires, jacks, all these toolboxes, Yeti coolers, leveling blocks for the trailer, hoses, electrical cords, blah, blah, blah. All that heavy dirty stuff and Ben is complaining about the very useful things that I packed?). Between the pile, pictured below, plus all the items that Noni and Pop-Pop weren’t able to fit in their van when they left Florida in March, we shaved maybe 200 lbs. That should make a difference. I hope (Luckily, Ben doesn’t realize that a few things came back onboard).
We also shimmed up a few loose shelves, tightened down a few hatches, and even buttoned up a few other things. We should be road ready for the any surprise rough Oklahoma highways and whatever else comes at us as we head west.
While in HSV, we had a great time helping Noni and Poppop with getting their garden setup for the season. We will see how their tomatoes progress over the 4 weeks we are on the road before we get back ahead of the 4th of July.
Since we were so close to where our favorite daughter lives (she lives and works up in Fayetteville, AR), she decided to come down for a night to visit! She is joining us in Utah via Las Vegas and a rental camper in a few days.
Did you know you can send secret messages with a banana? Maybe it’s just our family that sends banana messages.
Well, now you know!
Fixed it…
We are off tomorrow for our big push to meet the kids in Zion National Park! We will be on I-40 for about 1,200 miles over the next few days. It will be a steady climb from about 1,100 feet above sea level in Hot Springs Village to about 7,000 feet in Flagstaff, where we will turn north for SW Utah.
Hope we have enough warm clothes!
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