Oh The Places We Will Go: lets try this again

          things to change
              truck- because gas wasnt worth it and it was burning alot of oil.
               motorcycles- we werent useing them and saw no need to.
               camper- TOO BIG.

          Solution get a smaller truck, no camper and leave the bikes. one problem jamie likes her bike i likes mine. we dont need them now but we dont want to loose them. So back to oklahoma where we started. we unloaded and decided what we didnt need. no kayaks, no lemon tree, way less tools, no generator, but we are still bringing the bicycles(i have to spell it out because i used bikes in refrence to the motorcycles already). long story chort were bacicly backpacking with a truck.

          sold the truck and the camper, safely parked the bikes and bought a new truck that gets 20 mpg.
when we were thinking about cars we had a few in mind but it had to be better on gas, 4x4, small enough to get around easily but big enough to sleep in, and I had to be willing to work on it. only one choice. TOYOTA!!!! YAY!!!

         We now have a 95 4runner. not the best set up being a v6 with an auto but i can live with it. the body is good enough that if we do blow the engine then its worth repairing. does need a few things mostly on the front end. little bits of the suspension and cv boots. but those will have to wait we will fix them before we head west but for now they arent a big enough problem.

         right away we made a few changes. space it the main problem with this plan. we will likely be in a tent alot but if were at a wallmart we cant set up a tent. so i built a bed in the back. found all sorts of designs for sleeping platforms online but ended up just making the most simple thing i could think of. Only took one piece of plywood and a couple short pipes i found in the garage. cost about $40. storage is still tight but we got everything in there we need (i think).

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