Tan lines

It feels like we've skipped spring and jumped straight into summer!  The California sun has certainly taken instant care of pasty winter skin - we're becoming rather brown.  It probably helps that we spent several days outside.  Now it's gotten to the point where we must spend half of the day inside as it's just like an oven out there.  The sun and heat (100F/38C in Redding today) has definitely slowed us down a little, nevertheless we plod on with our preparations.  We are a little behind schedule but we will still be on time for the Expo; and less frazzled!

After a sample packing and endless rearranging of our load, we have now completed installation of all the tie down anchors for the floor and are working on paring down our gear.  We did have a bit of a set back with a weakly made part of the suspension system so a rapid upgrade was necessary and luckily that went without a hitch.  Aside from hooking up a light, finishing packing and picking up the roof tent, we are pretty much ready to roll.

Sweet floor (IMHO)!  Fridge tie-downs to the left, gear anchors everywhere else!

Putting our tailgate table to work - a great reward on a hot day!

Tomorrow is Mother's day (Happy Mother's day to my dear Mummy back in NZ and all the other mothers in the whanau) and we have some fun stuff planned here.  Monday Frosty goes in for a balance and alignment and then....