Today is really the first day we've been seriously thinking about what to take with us, but there has been a pile slowly building in the spare room for a few weeks with items for Bill and Edna that are unavailable in Canada.

The biggest shock is looking at the large amount of drugs we have to take with us. 30 days worth of hay fever and dizzy tablets are almost filing a wash bag (and that's only for me).

We've now got an outlined plan of our days away and have booked our hotel for our trip down to Seattle.

Only a week to go!!!