I had to point my wife over to this forum when I read the posts about taking over a room for packing. She was getting kinda mad at me for taking over the dining room. "Everyone does it," I told her and she bought it!

Although we did have a funny moment yesterday while going to Sam's Club for "road food" (Power bars, raisins, and Gatorade). She looked over at me at one point and said, "I think I'll take my bike along. too." This is funny because she's supposed to be driving our support vehicle. I reminded her of that and she said, "No, we can ride together when you get into town." Is that pretty common? I would think that most people would just prefer to plain old walk after a whole day in the saddle. I'd be interested to hear from the veterans.

We'll be loading up tomorrow evening for an early start on Friday. We're stopping over in Des Moines to visit some friends and then we'll head to Glenwood on Saturday. I can't wait!