Gnomadic Gipsy: All Ready To Go!

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

All Ready To Go!

We're all ready to go for tomorrow morning! We just have to stop at the office and get an in transit sticker for the van. We're getting it insured in Alberta because we need to get an out of province inspection to get it done here and it will cost alot to get this $400 van on the road. TheMan's Dad is going to be nice enough to insure the van for us for 6 months. After that one stop we are off and flying! We will be on the road for 9 hours to start with to make it to my Dad's place to work on the bus!

This is the packed and ready to go bus. The view towards the back of the bus. The only thing left to do is to put another big blue bin like the one in the picture filled with dog food.

This is the view toward the front of the bus. There isn't much in the front of the bus there is a little! The hose that you see in the picture is going to be removed once we get there. It is a heater hose that we are taking out of the bus permanantly.

I had a great post with tons of pictures of the animals and everything but it is lost in cyber space. So I'm only adding these two pictures now. Hopefully tomorrow morning we can get a shot with everyone including the 3 kids, 3 dogs, cat, TheMan and I. At the very least everone except me in the shot! Just before we leave on the road! I can't wait to start posting pictures of the renovations as they are being done! I think my camera might need to be replaced after this adventure!

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Boondocking

Boondocking is when a rig is parked and not able to use power and sewer services because they aren't available. Boondocking does require some preparation! We have lots of push button battery opperated lights that are inside the cupboards, beside the beds etc. These help when there is no power after the sun goes down. I do have a AA battery charger and extra batteries for it. When batteries get low, we can put them in the charger and they are charged for the next use. We keep the charged batteries in a bag in a kitchen drawer. We do have a generator but we don't often use it. We use it if we are parked at one place for a while but not if we are just parked at a Walmart for a night!

Storage on the Road

We use plastic totes for some storage. All the shoes and boots are in one bin. We keep it under the bus when we're parked. Everyone puts there shoes into the bin and the lid gets put on and they are dry from the weather and not taking up space in the bus! We use 3 drawer plastic units for the kids clothes and also for our crafting supplies. We also use plastic wash basins from the dollar store to store stuff in. The wash basins are the perfect size for fitting into the cupboards. They make sure that stuff isn't just shifting around loosley in the cupboards. I know that when I open a cupboard, what I'm looking for is going to be there! Stuff that we aren't using daily is kept in plastic totes and stored under the bus when we're parked. This clears up floor space and leaves us more living space! I store bedding (we have one extra set of sheets and pillow cases per bed) under the foot of the mattress. It is handy when making the bed but out of the way when we don't need it. It also means that they aren't taking up cupboard space either. We have all stacking dishes and pots and pans. Anything that is space saving I'm buying! We have a collander that folds flat that I love. I also have the Tupperware flat folding bowls that I love!

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