{"id":680,"date":"2011-09-14T00:55:17","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T05:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/?p=680"},"modified":"2013-05-29T21:54:25","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T02:54:25","slug":"the-final-countdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/?p=680","title":{"rendered":"The final countdown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Long Sleeve Tee<\/p><\/div>\n

Though it’s hard for me to comprehend, we are in the final days prior to leaving on our trip.\u00a0 I’m getting more excited by the minute!!<\/span><\/p>\n

Tonight, Bob took my last minute shopping list to the store and picked up some traveling necessities.\u00a0 It’s written in stone I can’t drive on mountain roads without Nacho Cheese Doritos\u00ae and bottled water.\u00a0 It’s tradition!\u00a0 In addition to other snacks, he picked up extra items he thought we might appreciate, like tiny packages of baby powder, swabs and hand sanitizers.\u00a0 Sweet.<\/span><\/p>\n

Along with Jake and the dogs, I suspect Bob will also miss me… or my cooking!
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Upon noting the nippy nighttime temperatures in Yellowstone, Yosemite and Redwoods parks (among others), I decided it might be wise to sew some long sleeve tees to wear under the jacket I plan to pack.\u00a0 Not only will I enjoy wearing them on the trip but they will be a welcomed addition to my casual wardrobe when the rumored upcoming winter finally arrives here in Texas.\u00a0 (It was 104\u00b0 today!)
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Since I’ve been packing newly sewn, unwashed clothes in case of fire evacuation, tomorrow I will take my chances and unpack, launder and repack.\u00a0 It’s been a beneficial trial run as it has shown how large a suitcase is necessary for all the clothes, books, medications, toiletries, etc. needed for a 3 week trip….. REALLY LARGE! <\/span><\/p>\n

Janice (my travel companion sister) and I visited last weekend to finalize our plans.\u00a0 We’ve added more sights to the ‘Bucket List’ and agreed to exclude others, with hopes of catching them on a future trip.\u00a0 We are both hoping to make traveling together an addiction.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Though it’s hard for me to comprehend, we are in the final days prior to leaving on our trip.\u00a0 I’m getting more excited by the minute!! Tonight, Bob took my last minute shopping list to the store and picked up some traveling necessities.\u00a0 It’s written in stone I can’t drive on mountain roads without Nacho (continue reading…) <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,10,29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=680"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1545,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680\/revisions\/1545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shirlsu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}