camper craziness

we finally got to work on the camper today (er, yesterday now. yawn). a few days later than we hoped, but ain't that just the way of life sometimes? updated departure date of saturday, january 25th - 10 days after our (very optimistic) original goal of the 15th. i'm totally happy with this, and feel that the extra time has given us the ability to be really ready, and not rushing out the door too quickly. 

anyway... check it out! first off, the trusty truck (i'm thinking of names - perhaps voyager? as long as i don't have to be janeway). yes, that's duct tape (but hell, we've heard that the poorer you look, the less likely you are to be robbed, so that's a plus)

and finally, the camper!! it's about as old as me, but has been well taken care of, and you can't really go wrong with a $200 camper. muhahah! we gave it a good cleaning, and mike wired in the power inverter (yeah, we're bringing a blender and a toaster oven!) and put new locks on it while i loaded all of my (very well organized) housekeeping stuff. 

kitchen... (little door on the left has space for hanging coats and putting boots, etc)

breakfast nook (can i call it that? yeah, i'm calling it that.)

bed!

little shelf under the bed. all of our travel guides and books fit perfectly in this space. how magical!

this space in the kitchen looked like it was built for a lady's makeup and crap. instead, we have spices (much more useful)

little coat/hat/boot closet

our wee calender, with all of the statutory holidays of every country written on them (did i mention i'm organized?)

 so, that's the tour! our little home on wheels. 

i'm sooooOOOOOOoo excited and feeling more and more ready to get going. whoop whoop.