Preparations

Stunning and surprisingly warm day in Austin before heading out.

The spring fowl that lives over the Xterra arrived early this year. I’ve been driving the Truck since coming back from Nevada, so I hadn’t realized that it looked like I’d parked under a sewer main. So today I went to the car wash before climbing, and hit up a Jiffy Lube on the way home.

That second part was a little odd. Given the current social distancing guidance, they asked me to sit in the car and wait, which I’ve never done before. On the way back home, I got gas at a station that is very proud of all their contactless payment options at the pump. Is that useful? Given how the pump itself is, like, not?