And no, I don’t mean alcohol. Not yet anyways…
We’ve said it before, but it is worth repeating. Travelling in an RV, whether for a weekend or 70 days, requires a significant amount of prep work. List upon list. Review and re-review. We both reflected again that we are grateful we don’t go through this but a few times a year. We couldn’t be weekend warriors. God bless those of you who do that, whether in an RV or to a second home. Our lists are becoming well-cultivated, but it is still plenty of time and effort.
About a week before departure, piles began accumulating around our house. It isn’t pretty, especially since we like things neat and put away. But it is necessary since we were bringing things out of the nooks and crannies of our closets where we store Livvy supplies, piling up the clothes that we wanted to take, and had a Costco run (non-perishables). I’ll get to the perishable food later.
Anyhow, my point…. this trip is more “fully loaded” because of the duration of the journey. We are grateful for our newly restored Costco membership since we found some great fun new (healthy-ish) snacks, plus cold brew that we can store in our cab space up top. It will make things easier to just have a good supply to choose from, especially on our many hiking days to come!
I have taken some fashion lessons from Rick… and that is that basic moisture wicking clothes are the way to go for my primary attire choice. No need to bring things that can’t be put in the dryer and/or are more bulky than they need to be. I feel like I have just as many, if not more clothes in less space. Besides, I never wore half of the stuff that I brought on previous trips. I am loaded up with cute new hiking clothes, courtesy of Amazon.
One thing that we are not fully loaded with, in fact, is alcohol. If we continue according to plan, we will be crossing into Canada in a couple of weeks. They will allegedly charge us for any excess that we bring into the country… as in more than one bottle of liquor OR a few beers! So, we will be honest in declaring what we have, which will be a rather small amount compared to what we would normally bring along. We can always buy along the way 🙂
Back to the food. I thought you might like to see our day 1 freezer situation:
I’m happy to say that we were able to get ALL of our home cooked meals on board with us, with the first few days worth in the fridge. As Rick said, this comes nowhere close to supporting our full trip, but it is as good of a foundation as we could build.
So today we are in Monticello, MN. Hamilton fans will be wondering whatever the hell we did in Monticello… but let me tell you that we are inside! It is August, but I am ready for cooler temps. I’m excited because it will start to cool off for us after today, at least for a couple of weeks. While we had a long drive, including more traffic around Minneapolis/St Paul than we would have liked, we are grateful to be here, fed and freshly showered!
I’m really appreciating that we have full hookups here. Our first night, while lovely, was rather primitive without water hookups. Because we were fully loaded with so many extra supplies, we didn’t come with a full water tank to start off. We were using what we had in our tanks but it just isn’t the same as “home”… in fact, I even had to use the (rather gross) campground bathroom this am! It just makes me so happy that I don’t normally have to set foot in those places, and again give props to those of you who do so willingly. We pretty much have full hookups from here on out, so my glamping status can stay intact!
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