To understand the dilemma that my lovely wife & I are hit with, she works as a nanny & I work as a school bus driver, both honest jobs that require hard work & dedication, not sitting at a desk in a government office doing less for more pay. We also live in one of the most expensive locations in the United States that is extremely gentrified, or said another way for your understanding.
Meg & I are both just over 40 years old & when we were children houses nearby, Issaquah, Wa, USA, sold for $60k to $200K, now those same homes are selling for $800K to $2.5 million, roughly 20X more expensive now. The price of gasoline when I was 16 in 1999, only $0.99 cents per US gallon, now it's over $4 in at most gas stations nearby, & over $5 in Seattle.
While speak of numbers, I had to shell out $1600 this morning in out of pocket IRS taxes paid. Meg will have to pay just over $3K in the near future even though she made significantly less money this year than last year when she paid less. Thank's Biden you dementiated liberal wasteful debt spending hypocrite jerk & that inarticulate word salad bimbo that worked with him on their national debt increasing spending spree.
I wish I didn't know you, because if I do, I love you, as in a platonic way, end up thinking about you, caring for you. I have a heart, & learned to love my lovely wife & myself the way God says I am to do as a man of Godly character and this love overflows for others who I know and care about, most notably Meg's brother Ryan who I have a ton in common with somehow.
We are going car camping as in using our car to carry water, food, gear, way more than would be practical backpacking, but not too much. The portable fridge, battery generator 512 watt hour + same capacity LFP battery to extend the runtime, electric blanket, sleeping matts inflatable, sleeping bags, tent, pot + pan & cleaning supplies, food, water, toilet stuff, all that we will need. The phone's act as nav in the car & for recording videos to document the trip.
Its a road trip of sorts, random, spontaneous, we leave Wednesday morning & come back either Friday evening or Saturday evening, have Sunday to go to Church & rest before hitting work week again :) We are going to hand grind coffee beans & make coffee in our stainless steel French Press. We will drink the coffee out of a titanium camping mug :) The route, we don't know, when exactly or the rate we go, the only thing we have to pick up is a 3 gallon jug of water.
Less driving this time, no super long road trip, more tire relaxing & chilling :)
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