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It just, well, takes longer. Always. As well, between being a poor packer and taking too much, I am left with a harsh choice. Miss my hotel or... skip the water jugs. No other choices as I would have to completely repack. Not going to happen. I will just have to hope we can get jugs on the way, and fill them with potable. After getting most everything in, I had to take a break. But rather than wasting it, this time, I decided to begin writing out the driving instructions... Printer was ooc last I checked, if that was back when the machine was totally corrupted. I haven't tried it since, but had little time and money to fuss with it in any case, so... *scribble* I took over an hour to write it out. I redid a page or two because I couldn't read them. Ugh. Got in a hurry.
Boots, tp, table and chairs, what I can get in, then... I hit the road. Ugh...
Gotta have your potable water quantities?! 15 gallons min.
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ReplyDeleteOkay, folks. I am in Eloy, my overnight stop.
ReplyDeleteI can't post properly so this smartphone henpecking will have to suffice.
If irc, I was up and at it at 12:30 yesterday. A shower, a run to town, 12 hours of packing, then the 12-13 hour drive. Not tired or sore. Pacing, you see!
I need a bit of food, then a shower. An MRE would work, but I am not digging through all that. The bike and rack are off and in, plus I found a lock for the roof pack, so that is partially secure.
Ugj? Not so much, actuality. Later.
Dinner then a shower. D.C. wasn't kidding about the heat and humidity. Brutal. While Iowa could be bad, I don't we went through long periods.
ReplyDeleteI set the alarm and am just trying to relax in order to get to bed. Good night.
Yes. I think of 20 gallons as aminimum though.
ReplyDeleteI know we talked about this. Just... goofing with the phone.
Sleep well, man. We will hit Sportsman's Warehouse on the way out of town.
ReplyDeleteYup. Today was a killer. I was, fortunately, only out in that heat for a few hours today, in short segments no longer than two hours at a time.
BRC will seem like a balmy late summer day in comparison.
I got a start on organizing and packing this evening. I may well be ready to throw it in the trailer and be done by the time you arrive. Which is just fine. Less stress if we're comfortably ready to go by evening.
Now time for me to sleep...
Hey, as long as you have access here on the road, a heads-up. The gravel road to my place washed out in a big way due to the rains over the mountains upstream. Be cautious once you get down to the river. Close to my place one of the washes tore out the hroad completely. By the time you get there late morning it should be quite dry and possibly under repair by the road crews, but you don't want to come upon it under speed. The cut is at least 12" to 18" deep across the road.
ReplyDeleteI had to park and wait about an hour while I watched the flash flood in the wash slowly destroy the road in front of me. Finally it dissipated enough, and after a full-size 4WD drive pickup came up behind me and passed through without incident, I went in right behind him and crossed the flood without incident.
Just dodge the large boulders on the way through...
Holy cow but you live in an "interesting" place, or time in it if you wish to get historically metaphysical. Fine, fine, I'll take care for the wash (you do know... bridges?), and I will avoid bolders. Gotcha.
ReplyDeleteI can't say what time I hit it. My phone and watch disagree by an hour? Ten, maybe, to eight hours of sleep. I woke an hour before the alarm was set to go off. Good thing. Damned thing didn't buzz. A morning wash, teeth stuff, and medicine is about to go down. Mostly policed my a.o. as I get ready to head out.
Hot! I thought to turn the ac off as I prepped. My bad. Wondering, I popped my head out. Yeah, no fire and it isn't me.
I still have around two hours to drive. I'll look over intructions, find breakfast, near or on the way, but am just about ready. Trying to take my time so as to not be under foot for D.C. I have no room or I would go shopping. Hmm... there are a few groceries I could buy and fit though. Never the mind... Later.
Bridges? Feh!
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I want to take a trip. I would have to handwrite the directions too. I find old sets of directions in my car, jammed in the crease in the seat or under the seat or wherever.
ReplyDeleteHah! I used to find old directions. Actually I find them in the house from time to time, never taken to the auto so never used. Writing them out, though, sure sticks things in the mind, especially when almost too tired to read.
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