GARAGE SALE PREP.

For at least the last year, we've been stacking up stuff for an eventual garage sale. That stuff was about to take over what little space I had left in the shed, and my garage shelves were spilling over. So, we finally set a date of this weekend, and put the ad in the paper. I moved the motorcycles out of the garage, and all of that stuff is now in between the jeep and truck. The next step is to put prices on everything, and get it ready to move out into the driveway on Friday morning. Compared to a lot of garage sales that we check out from time to time, we actually have quite of bit of nice, usable stuff. There's a lot of junk too! I suspect when this is over on Saturday, we'll be loading a lot of that stuff into the truck for a trip to the local thrift store. At least it will be gone from here, and there will be a little bit of breathing room. We enjoyed our visit with Ron & Margaret, who will be on the ferry back to Skagway, Alaska in a few days. One of our long range plans is to travel back to Alaska next summer (2011). There's something about the "Great Land" that gets in your blood, and keeps calling you back. The plan for this summer, is to spend most of our time in the Northwest, traveling around Oregon, Washington, and possibly British Columbia. Our departure date this year will be about a week later than last year. We're shooting for hitting the road on May 17th.