I lost five hours tonight searching for a critical part for
the Defender that I just bought in July and that can only be gotten from
England, but is backordered. I went through every container I packed
to make sure I did not mispack it. I finally found it at 11:00 - It was in the
air compressor compartment under the passenger seat where I put it on Tuesday
when I organized the Defender. I have never stored anything there before,
but had to now because free space in the Defender is rarity - if I add something,
something else has to go, and the only other thing left that I could bounce was
myself. And when I am packing, I always change the location of something from
its usual place on my To Take list. The problem was, this item was not in its
usual place since it was new. And I did not have the list with me when I was organizing
the Defender, and forgot to add it to my list when I got back to it. I could
not wait unit I was on the road to look for this as it is needed to fix a flat
tire, which could occur anytime, although I have never had a flat in the
Defender. This puts a big dent in my plan to leave Monday, but I’ll make
that decision at 5:00 p.m. tonight.
This is the first trip I am taking where I am setting dates
when I will leave instead of targeting them.
I always set two dates: the date I must leave by to make any scheduled
items on the itinerary, and the date I would like to leave by, and then I leave
when I am ready and rested. I I have never broken that rule, so I will not now.
If I miss a day in leaving, I’ll make it up on the road or change the itinerary.
I have only one scheduled even for the
trip, Denali on September 15th, and I can make it there in 12 days,
plenty of time. While it is still possible for me to leave Monday, as of now, I
am neither ready nor rested, but I still have 11 hours tomorrow before I have
to decide.
This will probably be my last posting until I walk out the
door to get on the road.
ED
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