Ready to go

Today I moved all my stuff that I am not taking with me to the storage room. Truck is loaded and there are only few more things I will take with me in the morning before I head out. My first stop is Chicago, IL and fabulous home of Vesna, Nik and Max.

Moving from FJMojo to Arcticathon

Some of you have been keeping eye on me at fjmojo blogspot, but in order to better represent this trip I moved completely into new google account especially created for this trip(s). I am in the process of moving stuff over including calendar, documents, blogs, photos and emails. So please be patient.

Still yours,

FJ Mojo

Farewell Drinks

Today I will be saying goodbye to my soon to be ex-co-workers. At 16:59 we are heading to the local bar Snaffu for couple of rounds of drinks and maybe we'll get to shoot some pool. With only four days left before I hit the road, it's hard to accommodate all friends in one outing. Tonight is the co-worker night. I have to tell you having drinks couple of nights in a row can be exhausting. I am not conditioned for it :)

Mojo, FJ Mojo is (down to) 007

Ladies and Gents,

The official countdown has started. There are only seven days left before the trip. Today was another productive day. With dedicated help of my brother Milan, I installed locking mechanism, axe/shovel carrier and spare tire carrier for Yakima Mega-Warrior basket. We mounted 2nd spare tire and I tied down 3x5 gallon Scepter Gas Cans as well as medium size shovel. Only things left to install are Hi-Lift jack carrier (next week when the jack arrives), Thule Escape II cargo box (sorry Yakima, but your local selection of cargo bags was non-existent) when I start packing and Cobra CB radio with antenna.

Later on in the afternoon I test drove the load to the local hardware store to grab some locks and lockable chains. Once I had everything securely locked down I took the FJ Cruiser for a spin on the highway to make sure I don't have any flying objects in my tracks. At 70 mph car felt comfortable and noise level none different.

And I finally got to publish online version of what I came to call Arcticathon Inventory 2007, partial list of items I will take with me on this trip.

CB Radio is coming

Finally!! I have a CB radio on the way. WalcottCB has really nice combo (BIGBILLCOMBO) with installation instructions. They were out of Bandi mount for some time, and today finally they got it back into stock. The order should arrive around April 23rd, so I am hoping to have some pictures posted next week about the installation and end result. I am so excited!!! Woo hoo!