Getting Prepared

Only three days left, counting today, and we leave for our trip out west.  I have originally named this trip R1BT (Rory's 1st Bday Trip) but decided it sounded like Rory was going on a trip for her 1st birthday so I want to change the name a little bit.  I have named our journeys since we began traveling because it was easy to reference a trip and organize the pictures from it.  We have finalized our itinerary but it is not carved in stone and we have built time in it to allow us to stop and see something along the way.  We were not able to do this when we traveled with the RV because we needed to have reservations for campgrounds to park at night.  We do not have any hotel reservations made for this trip so we are free to stop when we are ready.  I have the complete itinerary on my first blog, Travels With Ruth, (travelswithruth-ruth.blogspot.com) and will be updating that blog daily while we are on the road.  I will also have daily posts on this blog too.  It will be what we are doing but will also cover things that happen at the farm while we are gone courtesy of Lisa and George keeping us updated.  So, yesterday Tim and I went to Newport to get some things for our trip and  while we were in town we got the car washed; it had been a while.  It was only the second time the car has been washed.  When we got home Tim cleaned out the inside and took out the mud mats and replaced them with the carpet mats that came with the car.  For the next few days we will be washing clothes, getting packed and cleaning out the refrigerator and freezer.  By Sunday we will be packed and ready to depart early Monday morning.  Check my other blog for more trip details!