We are off on Another Adventure!

WHERE ARE WE? Winnipeg, Manitoba

We have been working like crazy to get the shack put to bed for the winter.  We generally hang around for a month or so after closing and take our time doing all the chores, but this year we decided to head out a bit earlier.  We have done it all in 8 1/2 days!!!  Our Cj's girls were a big help doing all the cleaning and sorting of the stuff in the shack.  Emily, Jorga, Jill and mainly Mia worked hard to get it done.  My job was all the outside stuff like putting the boats, trucks, and the yellow jeep away.  Lots of water draining and antifreeze pouring as well.  But we got it done and today is the day to hit the road.

You may notice that we have a new Jeep this year.  We bought a 2014 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Unlimited about a month ago, and I had to scramble to get a hitch on it.  I bought a new base plate from amazon for about $500 and found a good used Blue Ox for another $450, so for under a thousand dollars, I got me a hitch.  It was fairly simple to install and pulled wonderful today.  

Oh yes and the Jeep came with 80,000 kms on it for a good price so we had to grab it.  We had been looking for quite a while and our criteria was a 2020 or newer towable SUV that gets amazing gas mileage and has all the bells and whistles on it.  This will probably be my last vehicle so that was my wish.  Well this one is a 2014 and is as plain jane as all get out, and gets rather lousy gas mileage to boot.  It's amazing how my standards drop over a few thousand dollars!!!  So far we love it.

It feels so good to be heading down the road again.  There are so many things to see and do.  This year we will be following the Mississippi from its headwaters to somewhere around Memphis, where we will head over to Nashville to check out the Grand Ole Opry, then jump on the Nachez Trace and follow it south ending up in New Orleans.  Then head over to Magnolia Beach for a bit before joining up with friends near Mission TX and heading across Mexico to La Penita where we will spend 5 months or so.  Lots of miles and lots of scenery!!

Tonight we saw a sunset through the rear view mirror and looked out the front and saw a huge full moon rising in the east.  

I have a ICD checkup tomorrow in Winnipeg so we are hunkered down at the Flying J on the West side of the city.

This was our route today.  Good Nite!!