7. Counting down

With a week to go before I hit the road there are a number of things to prepare.  Got the truck serviced this week, going to pick up a selection of travel-size essentials, double checking that the places I plan to stop for the night are actually open and looking at the weather across the country now that the trip is within the 10-day forecast.  I even picked up an EZ-Pass for the toll roads when I get to the eastern states.  Since the current pandemic was one of the main reasons to make this a road trip, I also need to look at the travel guidelines for each of the states I'll be passing through, 13 in total.

One interesting nugget - I could purchase insurance through Outdoorsy.com that would cover the trailer for the trip for an additional $69.  Not bad, but adding an endorsement on my car insurance to cover the trailer - $0.60 per day for better coverage.  I checked with the owner and he was totally cool with that.

Now for the early packing - digging out camping gear, essential tools, first aid kit, flashlight batteries, hand sanitizer, drone, battery chargers, gas can - what else might I need?  I'm probably over-packing, but I really do want to minimize the need to interact with too many people.