Getting Closer to Time to Leave

We are now about a month away from to time to leave on May 29th.  We have been busy stocking up with all sorts for items such as meds, particular types of food that are hard to find, and being sure that the MH has all the little items in it that we will want or need during our 4 months in Lake City.  I still have to wash the beast since we put it up dirty after the Mena, Arkansas trip.  Like my Daddy used to say after working to get ready to go somewhere with their travel trailer, "Having fun is a lot of work!"  My Dad really wasn't into camping but Mom loved it so he went along for her sake.  I worry some that Toni may be doing the same thing but she says she really enjoys spending time in Colorado and driving the trails in our ATV so "Yay"!

Here are a couple of a pictures of the spare carrier and tire that I added to our Can Am Maverick:

 

We carry our lunch, a few tools, water, rain clothes, etc. in the storage box on the rear.  Also back here is extra gas, a fire extinguisher, and a first aide kit.  The jack for changing a flat tire is under the driver's seat.  It is 40 miles over the passes from Lake City to Silverton and it is best to be prepared as well as possible. Many times, Toni and I make the run by ourselves so we need to be somewhat self-sufficient.  We are working hard at refusing to just sit still until we fall into the grave!  Praise God that so far, we can still be active!

And, here is a picture of how we travel.  Yep.  The Jeep behind the MH and the Maverick on a trailer behind the Jeep.  Buying gas can be a real challenge when finding a station that lends itself to a train stopping by.  The good thing our MH gets such wonderful fuel mileage at 6.5 mpg, which means the 80 gallon tank takes us a pretty good ways on one fill up!  ha