The next three weeks were full of activity that left everyone in the workshop exhausted but excited for the long trip and vacation. Greg had no idea how much work went into a month-long trip until they started making lists of everything they would need.
"We need food," Lylia said on the first day as she wrote quickly in her planning notebook. "Non-perishable food for the road, cooking supplies, water containers, medical supplies, extra clothes, bedding, tools, money, and probably fifty other things I'm forgetting about..."
Felix said, "That's a lot of things," as he looked over her shoulder at the list. "Are we going to live in Meridian for that long?"
"It's a month-long trip, Felix. We have to be ready for anything."
"Can't we just buy things on the way? So it can be more efficient, you know?"
"At high prices for travel? No way. We're packing up everything we need from here so that we can use our money for something useful there!"
