Thursday we are heading out on a 6500 mile road trip. I used Streets and Trips to plan it – that is some cool software.

We will stay with relatives twice, friends three times (2 of those at the Valley of Fire), spend 9 nights in rest areas, 1 night at a military facility (Camp Shelby), 3 nights in hotels and 1 night in a commercial campground. I will see two children and 7 grandkids along the way along with the famed jack-a-lope and the 300 year old alligator (or was that a cat fish?)

I still have to pack clothes but laundry along the way will be needed. Food – hmmm, 20 days of Twinkies might be just a few too many. But think of all the DQ’s along the way with Peanut Buster Parfaits! That reminds me . . . pack the AED.

I have a great new app for my phone that lets me publish to the blog without internet. That will help keep everything up to date.