Three Weeks High And Rising

It's creeping along. Three weeks from today we will be setting out on our way. Not a whole lot to report in the progress department. As soon as I finished my last post it was reported that we have health insurance sorted for the trip. It's not as inclusive as your typical policy but it will cover us if something bad happens and we really need it. Which I hope we won't.

Much of Sunday was spent taking all the pictures and whatnot down from the walls at home. That was a project in and of itself and is good that it's done but it really does make the house look pretty sad and empty. I have yet to do the same with the Sidebar but that will be taken care of before the next update, along with the packing of the kitchen, etc.

We are also planning on opening the storage unit this weekend and will start moving boxes and simple furniture to the unit. That will greatly reduce the clutter of boxes, which will make it easy to get around but will probably freak the cats out.

Still trying to slog through all the recording I want to get done before we leave. I am just about finished with an album called Boom. For those who are counting, that will be the fifth FDM album to see release in 2014 (after Reinvent The Lie, Breaking Away, Move Like Wind, and The Big Cover-Up). I am hoping to whip up one more in the next two weeks which will be called Two For The Sky. The songs are already written for that one so it should happen pretty quickly. Hopefully it will be more than halfway completed before the next update.

As far as the trip goes, it is still in flux. Turns out that Terra Nova is not open for camping at the time we were planning on going there so that stop has been rescheduled for after we leave St. John's, which will give us a little more time to get from Labrador to the Trinity/Skerwink hostel, where we will be from 10 June to 1 July. I am also continuing to explore options for the end of Newfoundland and there may be a trip to the island of Ramea for one night in a gorgeous B&B.

We got one more campground locked in. It is in Canso NS, about a five hour drive north of Halifax. We will be there for four days, from 21-25 May, before we hit the ferry for Newfoundland.

That's about it. There is still a lot to do in the next three weeks. Some of it, fortunately, is fun. There will be dinners with friends and family and a big BBQ bash on the 19th that I am really looking forward to. It makes all the other crazy business a little easier to handle. Time is flying.