On the road, bivouac

Got a late start today, and started to run out of daylight. Not enough time to make it to the expo camp, so I have to bivouac in comfort. After 24 years of refusing to stay anywhere but in a tent or equivalent, I am hereby modifying my rules. So, instead of panicking to find some place to pitch a tent for the night in the dark, I will bivouac in the first place I come to with a roof , one hour before sunset.

Since I will be crisscrossing the central states during these preparatory/refresher trips, there will be no map. Heck, I don't even know what town I am in now.


As you can see, Annie found a nice perch to keep her eye on the Grenadier.

By the way, speaking of the Grenadier, Ineos just halted production after delivering only 1000 of them this year. Recaro, the world renown maker of high-end racing car seats , also makes the seats for the Grenadier, just went into bankruptcy. Sir James refuses to make the Grenadier without those seats, and with 1200 miles so far on mine, I can see why. My bet is that Sir James buys the company with his spare billions.

On final comment before turning in. How good it is to be back on the road after a hiatus of four years from when our Donner Party trip was cut short. Perhaps there will be the chance soon to pick that up.

Ed and Annie, from the road.