Boyinks4Adventure

The nasty heat and humidity is back for a couple of days here in West Michigan, so we’re trying to split up our days with trailer project work in the early AM, and then moving indoors with business related stuff for the afternoon/early evening. 

Today’s trailer project was to get the existing couch and dinette out of the main living area.

We’re about one month out from our target launch date of September 20th, so I thought I would share our current to-do list.  If you are considering a similar adventure this will give you an idea of what to expect as you come closer to leaving.

When we bought the truck we knew it would need new tires before the trip.  We’re still several weeks away from the big departure, but MsBoyink and the kids will be headed north this weekend so I decided to get the tires replaced yet this week.

For the non-geek readers of this site, South by Southwest (SXSW) is a huge festival that takes place in Austin, TX every March.  The SXSW website has this description:

The South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conferences & Festivals offer the unique convergence of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies. Fostering creative and professional growth alike, SXSW is the premier destination for discovery. http://www.sxsw.com

I’ve been to the Interactive portion of the festival the past three years, and have heard it more accurately described as “spring break for geeks”.  In addition to presentations by industry leaders, awards, and (lots of) after-hours parties, a significant aspect of the festival are the audience-proposed panels covering an incredible array of topics.

This year, one of the proposed topics is Technomadism - Living/Working Full-Time on the Road, and we’re pleased to be included as one of the prospective panelists.

Tractor Supply is beginning to like us - maybe they should become a sponsor?  Anyway - today I bolted one of their shiny aluminum toolboxes into the bed of the truck.