The question of the week - "Aren't you guys supposed to be gone?" Well, yes, that was the plan - but of course, not all goes as planned. The bus is being difficult. Chris' big last-minute project of an automatic pop-up room on the top of the bus finally works (it was a two week project!) The girls are very excited to have their own room. The room is a big wood box on the roof - it leads us to the name of our bus "The Spruce Büs" (think the big wood plane by Howard Hughes - "The Spruce Goose). The latest problem...a short that is grounding out and draining the batteries. I'm just glad Chris discovered the problem before we left. Finding the actual short is another story... So I can't really say when we'll actually be leaving. One advantage to leaving later - we should miss most of the crowds on our first major stop -Yellowstone!

Our hallway is filled with stuff that I seem to think we'll need on this trip - where it will go on the bus? I have no idea! I guess I'll figure it out in the next few days when the bus comes home for cleaning and packing. I'll let you know when we're ready to roll!
--Pam