The Planning Phase

This is April 26 ... doesn't that count as Spring? Not in Colorado. We call it Springtime in the Rockies. This is our Coyote today. 

 picture taken from above.

The pre-trip planning ... A study showed that the largest boost in happiness comes from the simple act of planning.  We can also say that it certainly gets our minds off what's happening right now and keeps us occupied with the details of preparation.

As part of our planning phase for our trip to Canada/Alaska, we have a checklist to attend to ... as long as we're snowed in per se.

• Get Dan's health resolved ... radiation will be completed on May 14, then a two week rest and then time to GO!

• For the Coyote Roadtrek RV ... we're cleaning out, sprucing up, purchasing supplies, and getting an oil change and safety check. We already replaced bearings and brakes.

• Dan is also going to install solar panels on top of the Coyote as we plan on boondocking sometimes (camping without hookups ... off the grid).

• Our trip research involves checking multiple blogs and three different Facebook pages as well as Roadtrek organizations and Yahoo groups. People who have been to Alaska have a lot to share. Oh ... also bought the book Milepost ... everyone says it is indispensable. 

• On previous shorter trips (three weeks each) in 2013 and 2014, we developed (by making a lot of errors) a pretty good checklist for what to bring, what to check on, and meals and food lists. We also found a great pre-trip checklist for a long trip on a blog and adapted it for ourselves. Anyone interested in these checklists, just let me know and I'll email them to you.