With only two weeks before departure, we have taken the next (really) big step: Storing everything we want to keep, but cannot take on our trip. Our plan is to store all of these items at Jason’s parents’ house in Maryland, mostly inside our subcompact car, parked inside the garage.
Everything we want to keep in a tiny car!
The garage before.
I was worried that we wouldn’t have room for everything. It turns out that when we boiled our belongings down to the bare essentials, minus outdoor gear and touring bikes, there is room to spare. I also suspect that when we get back in a year plus we will wonder why we thought all this stuff was worth keeping!
The garage after. Viola!
We kept our kitchen supplies and a few appliances, our down comforters, formal clothing like suits, lots of board games, some large speakers Jason built, my folding bicycle, musical instruments (guitar, oboe), memory boxes with old cards, letters, photos, and bicycle accessories for carrying cargo. The car insurance is cancelled as of today, and we put gas stabilizer in the tank for storage.
It’s really happening! Right now we are in Maryland, and when we return to State College we will sort what is left at the apartment into free, $1, $5, $10 piles, and have folks come take it away. Next weekend we will take another two-night cycling trip to prep our legs. Then we will depart State College in … two more weeks! Two more weeks!
Daisy making sure the comforter is fluffed properly for long term storage.
Also – we finally got our business cards designed! 250 of them are expected to arrive next week, to be handed out along the way. Take a peek:
Our cycling website “business” card. Go us!
The business card is fantastic! How cool. Can’t believe it’s only two weeks!
Thanks sis! It is starting to get a little scary now – we will really be anchorless with no furniture, no jobs, and nothing that won’t fit on the bikes. We still have so much preparation to finish…. so back to it!
Dad says “Thanks for saving all the kitchen stuff”!
We are so excited for you both and glad you are so close to beginning your adventure and to getting so far away from your stuff. Wow!
How great that it all fit in the little car. (You may look back someday and wonder how that could have been.)
And a “business” card?!! That’s brilliant!
Glad the car fit in the garage AND that half the garage is ‘clean’. Excited for you both.
Jason and Daisy,
so excited for you to begin this new journey … will enjoy following you all the way … be careful, be safe and enjoy … rest when its time to … whoa, I could not do this if I tried, I am sure … Go kids!!
I can’t believe you guys are leaving so soon!!! We just made business cards and are just itching to take off too. Although we are in the process of selling everything! Keep us posted on the road ahead! See you in Mexico over Margaritas? :-)
Absolutely! If we miss you in Mexico, we can always meet in Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama…