It's a Go!

Looks like I'm taking 2 weeks off and hitting the road with Suzie!

This is exciting on multiple levels--The first of which is the fact that I'm getting two weeks off all at once. I don't think I've taken a two-week vacation since I was in the Air Force. I love driving trips, and the fact that it's an adults only driving trip makes it more exciting. I don't mean it's going to be nasty--I just mean we don't have to consider "kid's stuff" along the way. It's also the first "real" trip I've taken with Suzie. The bike trips are trips, but they were just short ones, staying within this state. This is different.

We went to WallyWorld last night and I bought us an electronic device for the trip: A portable DVD player. Why? To play music of course! The guy getting it out of the case was trying to encourage me to spring for the one with a slightly bigger screen but I declined. I told him I wasn't buying it to watch movies--That was just a bonus--I was buying it because this one plays mp3's. I - excuse me, what was I thinking? I mean WE have tons of music and want to be able to have a portable mp3 playing device. I know that most car systems you buy nowadays will play them, but not my 14-year-old-no-frills Neon. This way I've got a multi-use device that I can use most anywhere I want to, and it was under $100. There I go again, I mean WE have a multi-use device that WE can use most anywhere WE want to. (Sheesh, I wish I'd stop doing that "I" thing!) We're using an interface that will plug it into my existing car sound system (such as it is).

Lotsa planning to do!