Packing Foo! And Other Chores.

[arontius]

.....Sigh! I've been packing and camping in the SCA for almost twenty-three years now. So why is it that every year, before the first major camping event, it feels like the very first time I've EVER packed a car for a camping event!!!! :-)

.....I pulled everything out of the garage that goes into the van. I unearthed the poles and the ropes and the spikes and the canvas and the carpets and the plastic tarping. Then I pulled out all the bins with throws and tables and chairs and lamps and cooking gear. Then I piled it all around the van. Which was cleaned out and made ready to accept all the donations being made to it in homage.

.....For some reason I kept trying to play with a packing scheme. I couldn't seem to figure out how to pack everything so it fit in the smallest area possible. It looked more like a jumbled mess by the time I was done with it. Argh! But I had made my major milestone of pulling everything out of the garage, so I decided to stop for the evening and start again tomorrow.

.....After work TBT and I went up to Poulsbo and picked up Lobelia for the trip to Clear Creek RV. We have officially paid her off this month. Wow! I can't believe she is ours free-and-clear now. I also can't believe that it has been five years since I took out the loan that transferred her over to me.

.....For being an inanimate object, Lobelia has almost taken on the life of a favorite pet. I actually felt a little guilty going up to the storage unit to pick her up today. Mainly because I felt I haven't been paying enough attention to her. But I plan to make it up to her on the Memorial Day weekend. She is going to be scrubbed down hard and cleaned good and made ready for June Faire and the camping season. She will shine and be a happy RV again. :-)

.....I was amazed that she started up so easily too. A very reliable RV. After sitting for weeks at a time I expected to have trouble starting her up, but not a bit. It was great. Then we took her around the corner to the gas station and put a little gas in her, then the generator started right up. It was struggling a bit, but one of the things we're going to have Clear Creek do is give her a seasonal clean-up (change the plugs and fluids and filters). I think she'll start up a lot better after that's done.

.....Then a new refrigerator! We have missed having a refrigerator a lot!!! It is expensive, but we've been saving up for it. It'll be good to finally get it done.

.....I'll finish packing tomorrow night, and then hit the road by about 9AM on Friday. Hopefully I'll have my act together enough to do that and still make a run to Starbucks with TBT before I take off. I wish she could go, but I understand the score. Rhys is not a huge fan of the SCA and if he is going to tolerate June Faire at all, not going to May Crown is a compromise I guess. Sigh!

.....I need to print out a map tomorrow as well. I think it is like a four or five hour drive to site. Kind of wish I could convince JR to go with me. Last time we went to Wastekeep his non-stop conversation the entire way kept me totally awake. I'm not sure what I'm going to do this time. :-)

.....BTW, Brighid! The Don Julio is already packed! Whoot! :-)

.....Aaron / Arontius.