Are we ready? Not a chance. But what choice do we have at this point.

After a full day of packing we think we have planed for every contingency, every speed bump (we have FLARES for Christ’s sake), every weather condition. But I guarantee we are forgetting a ton of stuff.

The technical requirements were a bit extreme. We have at least 12 devices that require charging. And figuring out how to stream a video library to multiple TVs in a moving vehicle with no internet connection was more difficult than it should have been. But I believe we have cracked the code.

If you are thinking that we are “camping” and should be off the grid, first I would say, “If I was camping, I would not be dragging around a full kitchen and queen sized bed.” Then I would also point out you clearly have not tried to keep a four year old occupied on a 6+ hour road trip.

We also received our first windshield note today. One of our neighbors is very concerned about how our vehicle is bound to force them to hit multiple bicycles and cars as they pull out of their street and it needs to be removed immediately. I could explain how ridiculous this is but it would not be worth while. People simply hate large vehicles…another side benefit we will learn to adjust to over the next 31 days.

With any luck the next post will be from Coeur d’Alene!