Preparations

So many small details to figure out, work through, and solidify. I just figured out a final list of where and when we need to take our malaria meds. It is looking like we won't need to take nearly as much as my physician originally told me which is a relief because we aimed a little lower on the dosage that we ordered through the pharmacy due to the outrageous prices. I think we ended up getting 150 tablets for the two of us for $700. Still on the list of things to take care of: obtaining travel insurance, finishing spraying down our gear and clothing with permethrin, packing up our bags.
We got great news last night that The Scottons (Noelani, Mary, and Gabriel) have arrived safely in Quito. This made it all seem so much more real to me. We don't have any of our farms concretely secured. Many people have replied to us to get in touch closer to the date of travel. I'm planning to review the Ecuador list again today to see if we can get some responses from farms now that we are going to be there soon. We only had one or two responses from the original outreach we did and they were automated telling us that volunteers were no longer being accepted. Plenty of hostels to stay in inexpensively, parks to pitch a tent, and sites to see in the area while we get settled onto a new continent.
More to come as the excitement builds!