Friday, September 21, 7:36 p.m.

Everything that is going is packed and ready to be loaded onto the Defender tomorrow morning, right on schedule, sort of.  Just need to clean up around the house, take Donner for a walk, and retire for the night. The great burden of planning, preparing and packing has now been lifted, and I do mean burden.  This completes three of the five phases of a trip, with the only two remaining being the trip itself and then unpacking.
 
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