Prep for our road trip to Wagga Wagga for a couple of days

- Pack clothes into the duffle bags into the boot. Check.
- Pack some cereal and snacks. Check.
- Fill the thermos with tea. Check.
- Pack a pair of shoes and laundry bag into the trunk (front trunk, since there’s no engine taking up space). Check.
- Remove smelly rubbish from the kitchen and put the bins out. Check.
- Fill the car with “fuel”. (Charged for free from solar during the past few days). Check.
- Service the car (fill up the washer fluid is all there is to do). Check.
- Check the tyre pressures. The app tells us that the sensors say tyre pressures are all good. Check.
- Check engine oil, radiator fluid… nah, just kidding, no engine bits to wear and tear.
- Take Archie (our cat) to Catshack for care while we’re away. Check.
- Stop for a coffee at Grants on Sherbrooke, on our way back through the Dandenong Ranges. Check.

Great. We left not too much later than planned, and we’re on our way to… Hang on. I think I left something on at home. Oh yes, the heated towel rail! I forgot to turn it off. I turned off the printer, the office computer, the coffee machine, toaster, but not the damn heated rail. We’ll have to go back home, which will add half an hour to our destination arrival time. Sigh.

Oh, now that you mention it, I also forgot to pack my shampoo. Oh, and I forgot to put milk in my thermos of tea. Didn’t you pack the milk? Oh, and I should probably pack some milk, and the freezer bricks. But I did pack the cooler bag… which is empty 🤦. Oh look, we also didn’t empty the compost from the kitchen.

We did, however, enjoy the extended loop drives through the Dandenong Ranges (where we live). The mist in the tall trees on this overcast day has been beautiful.

Charging:

Well, we _were_ fully charged when we left home… the first time. Passing back through home, we plugged in again for a quick short top up, while we did the make up packing. We didn’t need it, but whenever parked, we might as well charge the car.