I hope you are able to make the trip.
Back issues and driving do not go well together. The reason why I relented and finally asked someone to join me is because I am afraid my back will act up and I will regret going it alone. At least this way I can take advantage of my nice backseat— if Bring It All McGee doesn’t fill it up with junk.
I am thinking that it will go down to the wire as far as people hanging in there and going through with this trip or not. There are just too many strange things going on and you don’t know what is going to happen next. At this point, it wouldn’t surprise me if the Mississippi flooded. And it’s not as if going through Canada is a good option.
The gas situation is scary. I can handle $5 buck a gallon gas. I will just spend less money on drinking on the trip, which wouldn’t be such a bad thing.
But what I can’t handle is not being able to get gas. I envision filling up every time I am down to half a tank.
As for conversing, I am sure once we are a week away and have a pretty firm idea who is showing up, we can at least move to Freepmail.
I look at it this way - I’ve never seen Mt. Rushmore, and given the state of the country, I may or may not ever get a chance to do so. So if it’s at all possible, I WILL be there. Meeting several of y’all will be great too.
Driving with my back issues hasn’t been a big issue - the truck is very comfortable to ride in actually. And the seat adjusts 6 ways to Sunday so I can change things up.
Gas prices aren’t as much an issue as availability. According to my friends in CLE, there is no problem getting gas there. I think this is a local (very large local) issue involving one pipeline and the areas it feeds.
Freepmail would be good. I’d be willing to share my email, and phone for texting once we’re close.