We have secured our visas, bought luggage, booked the RV (http://www.roadbearrv.com/rv-rental/class-c-23-26), booked most National Park RV sites, organised our homeswap for Washington DC, purchased medications/contact lenses/spare specs, and (Ken has) made several spreadsheets of our itinerary and checklists of checklists!
The next (daunting) task will be getting our heavy rigid truck licences! Need to find myself a pair of 'truckin' boots' for that experience! Funnily enough, we don't need any special licence to drive a monster vehicle in the USA - our Aus driver's licence will suffice - but we want to get the feel for driving a 10 mtr long vehicle before we get there, so that the panic is slightly less as we drive off down the road in our house on wheels!
The kids are getting very excited about our trip. We will home school them along the way. Victoria has the first birthday whilst over there - and she has already requested a shoe shopping trip in San Francisco. I will be most happy to oblige. Benedict remains unaware that his birthday falls shortly after Victoria's, and so there have been no requests from him yet!
So come along and join us 'virtually' during our 5 month odyssey!
( Photo by Sheila Higgins Photography sheilahigginsphotography.com.au )
