Hello Everyone,
It's Friday, September 9th, 2016 and I am heading out to Chicago to stay with my aunt and uncle for the night before I take the trip I have been dreaming about for almost a year and a half.
One thing I believe I have done before leaving was (way) over prepare for this trip.
Every scenario I played in my head I wanted to be prepared for...
What if I don't have enough money for gas, food, gifts, etc...?
Well, I could sleep in my van somewhere if I want...right?
What if I could find a camping spot? Should I pack a tent?
How much should I eat out while on the road? If I eat out at all....
How safe is it doing any of the above?
Going for over 2 weeks, how much clothing to do I bring?
So what did I do? I packed not just one, but two tents along with a couple of sleeping bags, two of those chairs that you can quickly fold up and put in a bag, and pillows....just in case I can find a place to camp out.
Filled a bin with safety items; first aid kit, jumper cables, blankets, etc....
Decided not to do any laundry while on the road, so I packed a duffle bag with enough clothes so I am covered for 18 days...in turn, I have a bin, with a very tight lid (those who have experience what my feet can do will fully understand) for dirty clothes.
For food, I packed a cooler and a bin for dry foods. My plan is to stop every once in awhile to purchase food from a local grocery store and 'picnic' my meals.
To make a long story short, the back of my van is layered with bins for every situation I can think of.
In terms of my driving trip to Chicago, I did plan to stop at a couple of 'Travel Bug Hotels' to pick up some trackables to drop off on Route 66.
The first one, Giants TB Hotel (GCV04F), got pictures of. It was basically located at a park-n-drive. It was a neat cache in terms of a great disguise. Pictures below....
The Ducks I picked up are from a Geocaching.com rubber duck race that is now done, but decided to grab them and move them along aways.
My second cache I found (my favorite one of the two) was pleasantly well done. It is called, 400 Club Travel Bug Resort (GC3Y4W6). It was made to look like a weather station, but turned out to be a 'gadget' cache. A gadget cache is set up so you have to figure out a puzzle of some sort to get it open. In this case, it turned out that I had to figure out a combination of a lock. I won't give away the answer, but it turned out to be an easy one for me to figure out. To tell you the truth, I am not very good with these kinds of caches and for me to solve it, almost feels like a miracle. It started to rain, so I didn't take the camera with me, but took a picture of the trackables I gathered on my dash. Enjoy...
I choose the dragonfly travel bug in honor of my girlfriend. She loves them.
That's my trip before my trip. Watch for more blogs come in different forums; photos, video blogs, and Facebook Live links.
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Rich
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