Leaving in the morning...

I will post about Christmas later, but for now, just a quick note that I am finally leaving for Tucson in the morning.  At first I thought I'd leave the 27th, but that seemed kind of early so I decided to leave the 28th.  Then I woke up yesterday morning to the blizzard and decided to give the roads an extra day to clear out from the mess and am now, honestly leaving in the morning.  It doesn't seem real.  Again, I did do something similar in 2007 but that time I went with someone and I think it is just now dawning on me that I am about to spend several days in the car by myself and another 3 months the same way.  Well, the idea anyway is to just completely focus without distraction, so I guess I am at least set up to make that happen.

After spending some time braving the wind and cold I have to say I am not sad to be leaving winter behind this year.  I don't think I'd want to skip it every year, but I was just about to go completely out of my mind last year, so I think this will be good for me.  The car is packed, gassed up and ready to go.  I am, unfortunately, driving a bright yellow Xterra for the next few months.  My brother wound up with my father's car (my sister and I both decided we didn't want it and didn't mind if he took it, being given a car is one thing, but having to pay to maintain it and put gas in it is another entirely) and my mother seems to think it is a bad idea to drive a 2001 Nissan Sentra across the country, so '04 Xterra it is.  Strangely, the Sentra has less miles on it.  I think I often ride my bike more miles in a year than I drive my car.

I will try to post often, hopefully with some pictures of the fun I will be enduring over the next couple of months.  It will be an experience, for sure, just hoping that it is a fun one.