The original plan was to leave San Diego by Monday night, but I’m pushing that back to tomorrow in order to get more stuff crossed off my to-do list before leaving.  Partly things have been taking longer than I expected them to, and partly I’ve just been lazy.  But Friday was spent doing the main construction part of converting the prius for living in.  I’m still in the middle of the sorting and packing phase now, but I’ve been taking pictures and will post tomorrow about the process and how I’m making it work.

I’m very excited about this switch.  I had originally been thinking that the prius would be best for travel and that when I’m back in LA working I’d want to trade with dad again for the van (I know he’d switch because he grew to love the prius) but as I look around it I think it will be just fine for in town as well.  I’ll know better once I actually get out on the road, but since the whole bed from van has been moved to the prius it would take a bit of work to switch it back and, as we’ve already established, I’m lazy and probably won’t want to bother.

When I leave I’ll be heading straight up to Colorado for a 6 day intro to self supported bike touring from Adventure Cycling.  Getting my bike in order is a large part of what’s taking so long to be on my way, but since I need to be there on the 21st so I have to leave soon.

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