Getting Ready

The decision to make the long anticipated trip cross continent was easy; getting ready, planning a rough itinerary (route and schedule) not so much. How long should (could) this journey take? How much do we leave to serendipity and how much do we schedule to the hour and the day? Dates have already been adjusted once to accommodate my work schedule but now they are set and given that we have a finite time frame, something in between these extremes seems most comfortable. So the last month or so has been consumed with much time perusing maps, on the internet, and in guide books reviewing routes, checking campsite options and booking at least a few of the more significant mileposts for the first few weeks.

It seems like an awfully long green line on that map and that's only one way! But it there's a lot of new territory to explore, family and old friends to visit and maybe a few yarn/fibre shops to discover along the way.