new tires

i spent a day doing some errands as final prep for my trip to and through alaska and back...  most of which i did in and around bellevue

i got hot water at mcdonald's to make an oatmeal breakfast.  i swung by the post office to check for any mail and pick up a package my mom sent me!  i went to a bank to withdraw some cash and hopefully have enough on hand to satisfy the canadian border patrol if they ask again.  i tried calling a few people that i'd been long overdue to catch up with.  i did some blogging using the internet at a barnes & noble and more research and planning for alaska and hawaii.

and most importantly, i got four brand new tires from les schwab.

and, as several sources recommended for my planned trip up to the arctic ocean, i also made two full size spares out of new wheels and two of my old tires.  to start i just had them stashed inside with the rest of my life's belongings.  they took up some space, but less space than i imagined.

besides the fact that the dalton highway to the arctic ocean is mostly just gravel, i was anticipating about 10,000 miles round trip to alaska.  so was confident it was a good choice to put some money into good tires.  yay, brand new tires!

it was a very successful day.