THREE!

Three! Three! Three! Three! Three! Three!

FOUR!

Four more days! And we made tons of progress today. We got the rig winterized and ready to hibernate for a year or so. Even tried the new cover for it on and it fit as advertised! Also did a dry run pack job (one bag is packed, weighed, zipped, and ready). Sorted out what goes on board with us as well as figured out what was going to go in what bag. I think we will just make the weight limits so that we won't have to pay a penalty.


Had a WONDERFUL meal this evening. Donna made oven roasted veges and Trox and I split a sirloin tip steak. The steak was VERY good but the veges were YUMMMMMMMMMM!
Tomorrow we are going to go to Tom & Dee's and spend the night. Trox and Tom and maybe some others will make a ride on Sunday morning and then we have dinner plans with a friend of Trox' - Bob & his son. Then back up here to Donna & Tom's.

Monday will be a last pack day and cover the rig for the duration. We will also probably have to make a trip to town on Monday to go to the bank. And then Tuesday is the DAY that we've been waiting for!

5 more!

Five more days!!!! The Unit #2 (Trox) has come back to the Jemez and we have started winterizing the rig. We dumped the holding tanks and gave it a bath this afternoon. Tomorrow we will continue cleaning and winterizing. The cover arrived today also which means we will be able to put it on before we leave on Tuesday!

the countdown continues at 6 more days!

Less than a week to go! I think everything is pretty much in place and we have what we need - although I'm sure there will be something we will have not thought of. I continue to stay with Donna & Tom and Trox is still at Tom & Dee's. He is supposed to rejoin me tomorrow so we can winterize the rig and think about packing. The cover for the rig should be here tomorrow.

7 more days!

This time next week we will be winging our way to Melbourne! I had dinner with my good friend Jan this evening and tomorrow I have lunch with Terry. It has been great to see old friends and catch up on all the news. Trox had lunch with his Mother today after a ride.

Trox and Tom rode the Windsor trail the other day. Had so much fun that when they got back they rode the Rio en Medio trail also. Haven't seen Trox for a few days but he sent me the GPS info on the ride along with this video. Enjoy!

8 more days

Making progress! Eight days to go. Spoke with Greg in Melbourne this afternoon and they are ready for us. Greg is going to pick us up at the airport! YIPPEE! I managed to get more done on THE RIG and Trox is still with Tom & Dee and probably riding.

I also managed to add a clock to the right side so you can see what time it is in Melbourne compared to current Mountain Time in the US.

9 more days left!

Well day nine has come and gone (almost). Started process of cleaning and packing THE RIG for storage. Rethinking clothes and also wondering if we are going to need another bag --- probably.

weather

Just added Melbourne's weather to the blog ... uh-oh ... maybe it is going to be a little cooler than we thought when we get there. Guess I'll rethink the clothes list.

10 days but who's counting

The final countdown has begun. We have 10 days and are beginning the final counting down. Do we have everything done? passports - check ... visas - check ... driver's license - check ... canceled all utilities - check ... paid all outstanding bills - one more to go ... seen everyone we need to - almost ... clothes - check ... winterized rig - started ... what have we forgotten - dunno ...

Trox continues to ride but is having major problems with bike. First was broken spokes then a bunch of blown tubes and during the last ride (a few days ago) he bent the bloody hell out of the derailer.

I managed to lose my external drive the other day - the one that contains ALL my data. Luckily the drive wasn't really damaged but only the power port. With patience and much frustration I was able to get all the data off the old drive onto the new one. At least it happened while I was still able to get a new drive and not while I was on the plane to Australia.