Tuesday, May 4, 2010

The day prior to departure

As I sit here at my desk I am feeling more apprehension than anticipation... Why would that be? Maybe because today I woke up to my first day as a 64 year old man. I am a year older than yesterday, or is it that the DC trip went well, but I overspent, and know I am going to have to learn a bit more about being frugal. Then I wonder if I packed all that we will need, or if I over packed and the the camper is over it's load limit?
My son was trapped in Nashville after going to visit friends and the floods came. He should be home this afternoon and we will leave in the morning. I assume that once we hit the road tomorrow, the anxiety will blow out the window with the dust.
And the biggest question? Am I really ready for a trip of this magnitude? The plan is to head West to the Grand Canyon, North to Sandy Utah where I will replace the window that blew out on the way home from DC and visit our daughter Julie, her husband Scott and mostly the new grand baby. Then on to the Golden Gate bridge and the bay area just to take a picture of the Bridge and to have experienced it. Then up through wine country with a few side steps to see the rocky beaches. Thru Oregon to Sedro Woolley, Washington where I will visit a cousin I rarely see. From there I will ship my hand gun home as Canada is not friendly to handguns. We will only carry a shotgun with slugs and shot into Canada. David has a friend in Vancouver we will visit, then it is North to Alaska with no further plans, it will be day by day decision making as we don't want to be locked into anything.

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