It's Sally writing for
the first time. Two days to D-Day!! Things are getting quite hectic, trying to
organise all the things that need sorting before we go. I've been buying last
minute things we need, going to appointments with Doctor for prescriptions,
getting all my supplements ordered and delivered, having my wheelchair
serviced, making sure we have necessary addresses and phone numbers with us,
sending off cards and presents for Birthdays, Easter and a Wedding, laying out
clothes etc ready
to pack, doing the
washing and generally making sure that we have thought of everything. At one
stage, as fast as I was ticking off things on the list, the list kept growing!
Now there are only a couple of things left on the list and I feel much happier.
I'm sure we will forget something, but as long as we have the passports and
tickets, we'll be OK. Anything else forgotten can be bought while we are there.
All this and I'm supposed to pace myself carefully
and rest (because of my ME) - fat chance!!! I'll be sleeping on the airplane-
dead to the world- if I have my way.
Our next door neighbour, Sarah, is a treasure - she is going to thoroughly Spring Clean the house, wash the curtains, feed the birds, water the plants, be a key holder, sort out the post and let the gardener in while we are away. She is going to make sure the timers for lights work properly and alter the position of the curtains every few days. What would we do without her?!!
We are getting quite excited and apprehensive at the same time - can't help wondering if we are biting off more than we can chew - but if you don't try, you would never be adventurous.
This dream has been a long time in the making - dating back from when we were in our twenties. We tried to emigrate to the USA in the 70's but they would not recognise our qualifications and we would have had to pay our way through three years of college, which we couldn't afford to do. Hence, the rosy picture of us travelling round the States when we retire.
We have both camped and caravanned in the States and it's a great experience. Wonderful when a deer walks past the end of your table when you're eating breakfast, so close you could reach out and touch it - don't get that in a motel!! Once we had a skunk lurking around outside our tent in the middle of the night. We could smell it for the rest of our stay!! Thank goodness it didn't spray the tent - would have had to wash it in tomato juice - not kidding - that really is the way to de - smell after being sprayed.
Will have to get ready to drive on the other side of the road and remember how the road system works. If you're not careful, you end up coming off the highway on a slip road because the filter system is different. In the past, we have even been on the correct road but driving in the opposite direction to where we want to be!!! Must remember the USA Road Atlas! Better go and get it out.
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