Travel
Traveling and camping items are spread all over my living room and kitchen and I wonder if it will all come together by next weekend. Add to that all the little things I need to do this week and calls to make, I worry I'll be rushing at the last minute.
I finished off some ice cream tonight so I just have 5 Klondike bars left, and they will be gone in 5 more days! Still don't know what I will do about dinners for the trip as I don't want to cook, but I need to eat in order to maintain my weight.
I'm making trays of ice cubes as fast as they can freeze, so I will have at least the first day or so covered. It looks like I'll have to take my big cooler and I don't mind because it has a valve to let out the ice melt and will hold much more than the smaller plastic cooler. I think I will just keep my Brita pitcher in it as well as I hate to buy bottled water for the entire trip. I might get a 6 pack or so, but will just fill a water bottle or two from the pitcher most of the time.
I really like my camp stove - a one burner butane stove. It is so easy to attach the butane cannister and there is an electronic ignition so no matches or lighter are necessary. It brings water to a boiling point very quickly, is lightweight, and takes less room than the 2 burner propane stove.
We stopped at the Dagoba chocolate factory in Ashland, OR and I bought 3 large bars of chocolate, one of which I'm enjoying right now. They have a huge selection and provide samples of each. Jeannie was insistent we stop at the factory on our way to the Coast, and I'm sure glad she was.
I hope I can get more accomplished tomorrow than I did today, although I suppose I didn't do too bad today, and I even managed a quick walk this evening.
Lastly, I want to amend something from yesterday's blog. I mentioned meeting a woman in Weaverville who was the wife of the pizza restaurant owner. For all I know they own the restaurant together, and for me to assume he is the sole owner isn't right. So I am correcting that assumption.
- Counting Down!
I have only tonight and tomorrow night on the road and will then be in the area of Huntington Beach for 3 nights. I leave on next Friday morning and just hope I don't run into a heavy commute, but I'm so close to the end of this trip now...
- What To Wear
Like most women starting a new adventure, our thoughts turn to the quandary of "what should I wear?", and I have been fretting about that all day today. I don't want to buy exercise outfits until I see what other women wear to the gym. ...
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This is just a quick post to say I'm nearly ready to go. Of course, now it's all work for Jeannie getting it into the car. I did my routine with weights and realize I'm getting used to double the weight in each hand. Well, my muscles...
- I'm Mortified To Death!
I drove over to get my hair trimmed this morning, and all was well. When I left I had to use the restroom, but like most women we'd rather wait until the last minute, so I continued on to REI. I hit the Ladies first thing, left the stall,...
- Computer Difficulties
My little one-burner Coleman camping stove arrived today. I opened up the box and then the case, but it looks like something has to be assembled so I closed it back up again. It's a job for Donald or Steve. I doubt there is more...
Travel
Just a few thoughts tonight
Traveling and camping items are spread all over my living room and kitchen and I wonder if it will all come together by next weekend. Add to that all the little things I need to do this week and calls to make, I worry I'll be rushing at the last minute.
I finished off some ice cream tonight so I just have 5 Klondike bars left, and they will be gone in 5 more days! Still don't know what I will do about dinners for the trip as I don't want to cook, but I need to eat in order to maintain my weight.
I'm making trays of ice cubes as fast as they can freeze, so I will have at least the first day or so covered. It looks like I'll have to take my big cooler and I don't mind because it has a valve to let out the ice melt and will hold much more than the smaller plastic cooler. I think I will just keep my Brita pitcher in it as well as I hate to buy bottled water for the entire trip. I might get a 6 pack or so, but will just fill a water bottle or two from the pitcher most of the time.
I really like my camp stove - a one burner butane stove. It is so easy to attach the butane cannister and there is an electronic ignition so no matches or lighter are necessary. It brings water to a boiling point very quickly, is lightweight, and takes less room than the 2 burner propane stove.
We stopped at the Dagoba chocolate factory in Ashland, OR and I bought 3 large bars of chocolate, one of which I'm enjoying right now. They have a huge selection and provide samples of each. Jeannie was insistent we stop at the factory on our way to the Coast, and I'm sure glad she was.
I hope I can get more accomplished tomorrow than I did today, although I suppose I didn't do too bad today, and I even managed a quick walk this evening.
Lastly, I want to amend something from yesterday's blog. I mentioned meeting a woman in Weaverville who was the wife of the pizza restaurant owner. For all I know they own the restaurant together, and for me to assume he is the sole owner isn't right. So I am correcting that assumption.
- Counting Down!
I have only tonight and tomorrow night on the road and will then be in the area of Huntington Beach for 3 nights. I leave on next Friday morning and just hope I don't run into a heavy commute, but I'm so close to the end of this trip now...
- What To Wear
Like most women starting a new adventure, our thoughts turn to the quandary of "what should I wear?", and I have been fretting about that all day today. I don't want to buy exercise outfits until I see what other women wear to the gym. ...
-
This is just a quick post to say I'm nearly ready to go. Of course, now it's all work for Jeannie getting it into the car. I did my routine with weights and realize I'm getting used to double the weight in each hand. Well, my muscles...
- I'm Mortified To Death!
I drove over to get my hair trimmed this morning, and all was well. When I left I had to use the restroom, but like most women we'd rather wait until the last minute, so I continued on to REI. I hit the Ladies first thing, left the stall,...
- Computer Difficulties
My little one-burner Coleman camping stove arrived today. I opened up the box and then the case, but it looks like something has to be assembled so I closed it back up again. It's a job for Donald or Steve. I doubt there is more...