Getting Ready

For many months we planned which places we would visit and in what order, considering the weather and the route. We planned to drive to all our destinations in the continental U.S. and Canada, so everything we would need for a year would have to fit into one car. Since we were going to stay either with friends, family, or in Airbnb’s, we wouldn’t need to bring a lot of extras like kitchen utensils or towels, and to reduce the amount of clothes needed, we planned to go north first during the summer months and then swing south for the winter – no heavy coats needed!

The last few months were hectic, between dentist and doctor visits, buying a new, larger car and selling our existing sedans, and performing in the spring show with the Alexandria Singers. We said our “see you in a year” goodbyes to friends and coworkers, as well as to our kitty, Tribble, who went to stay with our friend Kadira and her kitty Pita. Then of course came the exhausting process of moving: everything in our apartment needed either to go into a storage unit or to donation.