Yesterday my friend Bob visited all day. He’s an old desert rat from way back and has been very interested in my father’s projects out here, having read about them on my father’s website. But he’d never seen them first hand. Robin played with Enid most of the day so I’d have a chance to socialize.

Today was our last day of relaxing before hitting the road for Mexico. Mostly just a normal day of playing with Enid, but we did make a trip to El Centro so I could help my father bring home a futon sofa he bought at Costco, and I stopped by the bank to get traveler’s checks while we were in town. Robin baked some cookies in my father’s solar oven. Despite starting the project late in the day they baked successfully. I was impressed to see the oven make it up to 280°F even at nearly 5pm.

The van is already loaded with our boxes, and Robin is putting Enid to bed. I’ll load our Civic with our luggage as much as I can tonight since we’re hoping for a relatively early start in the morning. Our destination for tomorrow is Tuscon. While there we need to stop at the AAA office and buy our Mexican auto insurance policy.

Robin and I are both feeling a lot of nervous anticipation right now. I think even Enid is feeling nervous in her own way. Probably picking it up from us, plus of course she is probably unsettled from two weeks of travel and visiting people. Personally I just want to get the trip over with and be down there. Even though the first few weeks in Monterrey are probably going to be difficult, I’m anxious to tackle them and get settled in to a normal rhythm of life again.