Life is not a Dressed Rehearsal

"Life is not a Dressed Rehearsal "

Life may not be a dressed rehearsal, but it helps to have rehearsals before weddings, big presentations, interviews, dating, and life changing road trips...

Yesterday I had a "packing the car" dressed rehearsal. I am packing up my entire household so I have plenty of empty containers of the same size and shape. I took the empty versions of the containers and packed the car. Tested the windows and sunroof mosquito net contraptions too.

This is the list of items:

Goal Zero Yeti 150 power bank
Clothing container - I need clothing for both winter and warmer climate.
Misc equipment container - lamps, batteries, toiletries, charges, coloring pens, books, pepper spray, etc
Carry-on suitcases - half way through the trip I am flying out to Mexico for a wedding so I need "wedding-going-clothing". I put the warm climate clothing items in the suitcase for storage until I switch them. Yes, I am a girly girl woman.
Two pair of shoes - hiking boots and Teva's
My locked box with security lock
An ice/chill box (not sure if this will make the cut)
A container for food goods and meds (I am old)
My sleeping pad + pillows + sheets both for cold and warm weather (did I mention I am a girly girl woman)
Camping rocking chair
Camping stool
Camping table

My awesome friend Joe is going to build a sturdy leveled platform so I can throw my sleeping pad on top of it. I can use the space under it to store stuff if needed.

I even get a living room set up

Hello! this will be the sleeping quarter's view....

Here are my observations:

Everything fits!

I am probably going to need a thicker sleeping pad - one inch of memory foam isn't going to cut it.

I am going to need a large amount of stretchy cables to keep everything in place.

It it a good idea to cover the magnets with duct tape because those things get h-o-t with the sunshine!

In my next post, I am going to tell you how I am going all "I am Legend" on my car with tiny little solar motion sensor lights for the evenings I'm boondocking so I can create a motion sensor perimeter alert... :)

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"Best ... bartender from Timbuktu to Portland, Maine - or Portland, Oregon...” -Jack Torrance

My own westward expansion is accomplished! Portland to Portland! All 4000K miles of the journey! DONE! "… You were always the best of 'em. Best ... bartender from Timbuktu to Portland, Maine - or Portland, Oregon for that matter.” -Jack Torrance, in The Shining. T he exterior of the 'Overlook Hotel' is the Timberline Lodge , Mount Hood in the Hood River area of Northern Oregon. One of my "Wander List" Items that I am proud to check off is coming to Portland Oregon. The idea of all those explorers making it “out west” and crossing the vastness of the continent to “see what is out there” has always been appealing. Perhaps because I am the child of immigrants. I am an immigrant. The image of all those people taking the chance and picking up all that they could to make it “all the way” to Portland… Leaving everything behind and carving a life in a new place. I identify with all of that… the sense of adventure, the search for something better

Savannah Georgia - All I hope for

“If you go to Atlanta, the first question people ask you is, "What's your business?" In Macon they ask, "Where do you go to church?" In Augusta they ask your grandmother's maiden name. But in Savannah the first question people ask you is "What would you like to drink?” ― John Berendt, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil And you can take your drinks to go too! I made it to Savannah! What a gem to finish the grand tour with! I have to come back with my significant other some day! First a quick stop on New Orleans: Then Savannah:

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Shortcuts! Here are shortcuts to the posts by the park or city: September 29: Sleepy Hallow New York , Tapan Zee Bridge. October 1: Maine Visited a dear friend and enjoy a trip to the lake! October 2: More of New England and Hyde Park in New York October 4: Letchworth State Park in New York the "Grand Canyon for the East" October 7: Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota - Driving fast so I had to skip a lot but it was a nice drive October 9: South Dakota, Black Hills, Wyoming Dead presidents, Alien Ships rest areas and SNOW! October 10,12 and 13: Yellowstone! , Yellowstone , and one more Yellowstone October 14: Arches National Park in Utah - Beauty beyond compare October 16: Portland to Portland ! From Portland Maine to Portland Oregon in one piece! mostly. October 19: Oregon, Crater Lake and I learned about "trail magic" October 21: Lava Fields, Redwoods and made into California October 24: Glass Beach

Virginia Beach- Being a tourist in your own backyard

Visiting my own back yard! I am also going to try to visit Shenandoah to complete the loop. Visited a friend in Virginia Beach and she was kind to drive me around and making sure I visited Mount Trashmore to complete my experience.

Geeks of the World Unite!

How I am putting my Geeky skill set to use First thing first: I need a way to keep my laptop, phone, iPad, camera, etc, etc, charged - I got my nifty Yeti 150 (on sale this weekend on REI - no, they are not paying me any money to advertise) Then: Wouldn't it be nice if I had a dash cam so I can record the endless hours of driving... Maybe I can borrow a Go-Pro from a friend! Never got an answer... I do not want to buy a go-pro or dash cam! I am being thrifty... oh wait a minute, I have an old phone! There is got to be a way to do this.... I Googled "how to re purpose old cell phone as dash cam" - I found many articles but I like HTG (How To Geek) - so I follow their advice. You can read ALL About it by following the link . I suggest you delete ALL apps, so you have a bare bones phone. This will help with battery and memory. Delete ALL data and personal information, if you loose it, your personal information will not go with it. You don't want to

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