Counting down the days

By now you have the general flavour of our extended trip.  All I have left is to start putting together the things we need for our road trip and the clothes we need for our cruise.  Luckily, sending out laundry is fairly cheap on the cruise ships, as is dry cleaning if you need it.  It helps people who fly to their ports actually pack less and stay within the new air luggage guidelines.

Even though we are driving, we plan to pack light.  There is nothing worse than having to shift around all the stuff in your van if you want to use it for sleeping!!

So, the checklists are out. (Sound familiar, Jim?)
One for camping
One for the cruise
One for general gear
One for closing down the house.

The next week will be spent ticking and bopping my way to a vacation.  Stay tuned.  Daily updates (I hope) should start on August 3!!

I calculated the approximate mileage of our trip using Mapquest and by the time we return we will have driven over 10,000 km.  (6000 miles) give or take a few miles or kilometres.  We have done a couple of cross country drives and while the total amount seems high, those miles sneak up on you because you do them in short stretches.

I will post one more time next week before we leave just to let you know how we are doing.  For now, I am counting down the days.  And hoping that there is some heat relief before we leave!!