Prep Part VII -- Final Preparations

Thankfully, Tropical Storm Erika dissipated and appears to no longer be a threat or impediment to our leaving on time tomorrow--although we may leave early this afternoon instead of waiting for tomorrow morning.  Not sure about this yet.

We have to move a lot of last minute items into the trailer and button up the house.  We have never left a home unattended for a month before, so have some serious trepidation about doing so; however, we have the following to ease this for us.

1. Our daughter will come over at least once a week to check on things.  
2. We have a very trusted pet sitter and house watcher (Chris Vinkski) who will be coming a couple of times a week to feed our bird and check things.  He is extremely reliable.
3. We have a web cam in the house to monitor things 7x24 and it will send me instant alert notifications for loud noises or movement in the house.  It works!
4. I have a few interior lights on timers to at least sort of give the appearance someone is home.
5. And of course, I have a whole list of items to do, like unplugging appliances, etc.  Already put a hold on US Mail and Vicki and Chris will pick up any newspapers thrown onto the driveway.
6. We also activated the big 150 watt security light by our house a few months ago and it lights up the front like daytime.

Well, as I type this it is storming like crazy outside, so we will move forward finalizing things inside and getting ready to move things into the trailer and hook the trailer up to the Grand Cherokee when the rain stops.