Out West Trip: Day -6 (Initial Preparations)

I’m starting to panic about our forthcoming trip. Granted, it is not a “sell the house, travel the world trip”, but the idea of trying to fit everything into Evie that we might need on our five week trip through the west is still stressing me out.

Today’s preparations include:

• I checked on June weather in Yellowstone, the place that in my mind will be the coldest. Yes, it will dip down to freezing in late June. Add winter gear to the list….
• Chloe and I tore apart her homeschooling workbooks so as to bring the minimum necessary. She is close to done on almost everything, and the pile we created accentuates that quite clearly.
• I created a Google Doc for my “To Do” and “Packing List” in order to have a place to keep track of all my “Oh yeah, we need to …”.
• Rob took Evie in for an oil change, but since he facebooked that he likes driving her to work, I suspect that she isn’t getting that oil change she needs.
• I finally emailed my manager about my summer plans. I was too wrapped up in work issues before this to even think about the consequences of the trip on my work schedule.
• I sent out a request for “Out West songs” for our playlist. Please give me your input … Road Trip Music… please help!!

Chloe's prep