Prelude, Part 2

We're almost to the panic stage!  Lots of details to take care of, in addition to planning the route and packing.

The car has to be serviced.  We expect to travel between 8,000 and 9,000 miles before we return.  Today we had new tires installed.  The old ones still had a lot of miles remaining on them, but not enough to make the trip.  Tomorrow will be oil and filter change.  Then clean out the car and wash all the windows.

Gotta buy snacks for the trip. The boys love to snack, so we need to have something to eat in the car.

Money--gotta get some cash for the road.  Also need to notify credit card companies that we'll be out west for about a month so they'll know to expect weird charges from far-away places.

Just a lot of details before we leave Sunday afternoon for Adrian's home.

We have the first half of the trip planned.  In a general sense, we'll travel Westward for 10 days before stopping in Yellowstone for 5 nights.  The boy's parents will fly out and join us in Yellowstone.  We'll be together for a week before they fly to California for a week in San Francisco and Napa Valley.

When the parents leave, we'll travel south and west to see as much of the West and National Parks as we can.  This half of the trip is more loosely structured and we'll likely have no or only a couple of hotel reservations along the way.