Breakfast

My first stop thought I would start with a good breakfast still in Shawne but about to choice one of three routes

Final walkthrough of the house is complete

Well I made my final walk through the house I hope I've got everything I need for this trip I'm loaded down pretty good so I hope I have it my first stop is breakfast on the way out of town thought I put some food in my stomach before I got on the road gonna stop at McDonalds

Night before leaving on my trip to the north today was a very busy day, I had a lot of support calls all day long but still managed to get everything done that I set out to do this morning. 

One of the major things I got done was having the oil changed and I had the belt on my engine changed out. So that is one less thing to worry about on this very long trip.

Here is my starting miles on my car for this trip.

I also filled up my gas tank and i used the discount my grocery store gives me so I got 60 cents off on the gallon which was very nice to start out the trip with, I wish I could get my gas at 2.50 a gallon all the time. But that gives me a really good start for my trip.

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I am ready to walk out the front door first thing in the morning, the car is loaded up, everything is locked up garage wise the motorcycles are put to bed for the trip.

I am ready to go, I am going be headed to be in about an hour or so then all that is left to do is getup, get dressed and walk out the front door. 

I am not going to post anything on Facebook, just this journal so only my very close friends will be able to see this trip journal. 


 

Well this is Sunday I have a full day ahead before I get on the road.

I am still working on getting my day and nights straight being able to work at night really helps me but times like these it makes it a lot harder to make very long trips.

I am going to be in bed by midnight tonight and plan on getting up by 8am in the morning, then attempt to stay awake until 10pm on Monday night.

I need to have everything packed in the car and ready to drive on Tuesday morning earlier the better, the drive is 8 hours but I am sure I will be stopping every hour or two to stretch my legs, and of course find a place to eat lunch on the way.

I have my room booked in Des Moines at a motel 6 which should be nice enough and cheap can't beat that part.


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I went to Walmart tonight and got a few last minute things for the trip. right now I am of course updating this and resting for a few minutes, but also doing updates on the two computers that I am taking with me on this trip, one is a work computer and the other is just a backup work computer I need to be able to work as normal on this trip, I should be able to keep up with everything with no problems. 

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Besides the two computers I am also going to bring all my cameras I want to do a bit of photography while I am on the trip, and lots of pictures for my blog.

Motel 6 Des Moines first stop next week

My first night room is booked, I will be staying my first night in Des Moines which is eight hours down the road, which is one week from today, I should be well on my way by this time next week.

Now that the reservation is out of the way, my next thing to get done will be getting the oil changed in the car this week.
 
 

Planning 8 days out

I am about 8 days out before launch on my adventure, I will be working on getting everything ready, the car is basically read to go, but it is packed more for a camping trip right now so this week I will be unpacking and repacking for this trip which will be more travel of long distance.

I am going to bring 2 computers on one is my main computer and the other is a backup, I will also be bringing my IPad mini which I use every day and has really great Wifi range

I will also be turning on a Hotspot on my phone, I talked to Sprint last week to make sure that if I was to turn it on I would not be renewing my contract for another 2 years I really want to switch to AT&T next year, they told me that I could turn it on for a month without any contract update and I could turn it off the next month if I did not need it any longer. The price is 2gig for 19.00 bucks which should be fine I can use it to get emails and do emergency work when I am not around a Wifi connection, it is more for a backup I plan on having wifi for most of the trip. 

So I am going to turn that on this week so I can play with the connection it should work with both computers and my tablet. I will of course be making a post to review the hotspot feature.

The current launch date is going to be Tuesday the 22nd of October, which is 8 days away as I have mentioned. I am going to load up and be ready to go on the 21st of course, there is a chance that I might leave on the 21st but right now the 22nd seems to be the best day for leaving.

My first stop will be Des Moines, and I plan on staying in the upgraded Motel 6 there are 4 to choose from but the one that I have my eye on is the newly remodeled it cost a few dollar.

 That motel is about 8 hours from here which should be a perfect distance and great stop for my first night. 

With the 8 hours it will be a long drive but I can stop for lunch and breaks along the way and if I needed to I can even stop along the way and do some work if that is required. I am going to try to save all the actual work for the evening in the motel. I would like to get to town early enough to get checked in so I can venture out and see what is in the town, I am sure since it is a Tuesday evening there will not be much going on but who knows what I might find, I would like to find a good restaurant that is not something you see in every town, I will have to do a blog entry this week on my research on places to eat while in Des Moines . 

The next morning I will continue my adventure to Wesconsin, that should be a short drive and I can really take my time because Dennis I am going to see does not get off until 5ish so there is no reason to get there to early.

 

This second day is only a 3 1/2 hour drive,  so I guess I might sleep in then have a nice breakfast and get in the road in the late morning hours, even if I leave at 10am I am going to be in town 3 yours to early, so I guess I will have a nice lunch along the way and there might be some good photo ops along the second day that I could go do which would be nice. 

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So that is the plan for the first day and a half, I will of course be open and adapt the trip as it happens.

October Thanksgiving 2013

Well I know I am ready for a new adventure, but even though this weekend has been quiet, I am looking forward to my adventure towards the end of October where I take it to the road and make the longest journey that I have made in years.

Good long drive, I hope that I have time to take some some trips along the routes to take pictures and enjoy the country side, The plan is to be able to work along the trip, being connected will be the main thing with the idea of working along the route, if I can get a good internet connection along the route I should not have a problem with that if I can't that will change up the plans a lot I will be doing some long point to point driving which I hope I do not have to do.

I had the car rebuilt about this time last year so I feel like the car is ready for a long trip, brand new tires, rebuilt engine, new battery. 

I am going to be really packed on this trip, not sure what to expect so I am going to bring a lot with me, including camping gear just in case I do have the weather and the time to enjoy that experience. 

The route above is the most direct route, if I can do the working while I am on the trip that route will be updated and of course become a much longer route. 

Really looking forward to the trip. 

More updates about this trip as it gets closer, I am going to put the label October Thanksgiving 2013 on these post if you want to follow them.