Good Decision
I'm glad we decided to stop for a day, especially since it's Mother's Day. I know it's a commercial holiday but I just love it when all my kids call me in one day!
We needed a day of rest as we transition from Montana to CA. The perfect weather here in Fallon, NV along with some good music and being waited on hand and foot by Jim has made this the best day ever. Why I would be treated like a queen after my day of grumpiness is beyond me...but I'm thankful.
Tomorrow we'll pack it in and head another 250 miles south. When I say pack it in that's literally what I mean. The bedroom gets filled with all the stuff that sits around while we're parked, including the TV. A while back we took out the overhead TV and bought the big LCD which sits on the front dash when we're parked. But when we move the TV has to go to sleep on the bed.
The TV is the lynch pin. Once it is in place on the bed along with the computer LCD, padded with our foam pillows, I can move the little storage drawer cabinet, the coffee pot, the shredder, two lamps and the space heater all to their appropriate places. I roll up the braided rugs and stash them in back, rearrange a few odd bits up front and we're ready to slide and roll. I just don't like stuff sitting around loose. All this takes about 20 minutes.
When we're on the move we've pretty much got it down to a two hour routine, from getting up to checking out the brake lights. That even includes dumping the tanks and taking a shower. For short travel days we add another cup of coffee, a little more chatting and computer time and take three hours to hit the road.
But two days in a row of that routine and we're ready for a break like today. Time to smell the roses and watch the birds....and talk to family :)