Cold and clear today, same as yesterday.
34F when I went to bed, supposed to be LOW of 36F according to the weather liars.
Did my stuff yesterday, got most of it done. The big disappointment was the sump pump battery backup. No battery. Still, I’ve got batteries and the rest is ok.
Today the family is driving 3 hours north to look at some property on a lake. I really like the looks of the property, wooded, two lots totaling 11 acres (one on the lake, one behind that lot) right up close to a national forest. The house is really odd, and the lake has some restrictions that my wife doesn’t love. The question is, bug out location or vacation lake house? Which is primary? We’ll see. Events elsewhere may push my wife more toward BOL.
I don’t know what’s happening in DC but it’s got the whole country nervous as hell. At least the half that pays attention. LOTS of people are paying a whole lot more attention now. Several people on my rounds today were watching carefully and there is a lot of head shaking once you engage with them.
And that’s just one reason why KNOWING where you can go if you have to go is essential. Currently, I don’t plan to leave, and that’s mostly because I don’t have anywhere to go. It’s also because no matter what happens, Texas is probably a good place to be. I’m thinking Chicago, Baltimore, Philly, DC, all the usual suspects are NOT going to be good places to be. If you live in a sh!thole city, you might want to consider a plan that is just “that Bayfront motel at the intersection of x and y” in a small town 3 hours away, with a storage unit and some minimal sustainment supplies. That would be a huge step in the right direction. It might not hurt to have that storage unit in a company name, prepaid for a while, either.
In fact, maybe working out a list of what I’d stash in the smallest available storage unit would be a good idea. You can fit a lot in 4 or 8 black tubs.
Get to thinkin’. Get to stackin’.
nick