Planning!

I's a couple of months until we fly and just over a month until we ship Wendy from Liverpool in the UK by Ro-Ro ferry to Halifax in Canada and I think the scale of the challenge and how much we have to get done is really starting to hit us! Ever the organised planners we have spreadsheets and to do lists everywhere but what's probably been most useful is a big whiteboard perched in our kitchen with categories such as van, health, animals, house, admin, home schooling to help Guy and I divide and conquer the ever growing sit of things we need to do before we leave! Here's a bit of a sample of the to do list for anyone considering doing this themselves.

Animals

Find foster home for Tali

Update chip and vet records

Find foster home for cats

Update chips and vet records

Find new homes for chiccies

Agree visits and handover days for animals

House

Van

Work out van requirements, research and get one!

Work through challenges liely to encounter

source spares

upgrade batteries

upgrade tyres

source kit for van

Get full checkup/hab check on van

Fix any snagging

Get any tools required

get electric bikes to fit garage

test pack van

Homeschooling

Inform school and local authority of trip

Research online home-schooling options and try out

Get Katie's flash cards to set expectations of end of year 2

Get autism assessment completed

Admin

Health

Sort worldwide health Insurance

Get GP jabs

Get other jabs (yellow fever, rabies etc)

Teeth checkup for all of us

Eye checkup for all of us

Travel Bookings & Itinerary

Plan and agree budget

Book van shipping and insurance

Book flights to Halifax and flights home for Zara

Plan 3 mths in Canda, 2 mths in states 1 mth Mexico

Research van shipping across Darien gap and home

Blogging & Photography

Mental Preparation

Work through how we will maintain our own space in a van

Read about where we're going and others experiences

Join forums (pan am, chausson owners) and ask questions

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