First Day of Fall

How was your first day of fall?  Ours was absolutely beautiful!  Enjoyed getting outside to walk around and enjoy the crisp air of fall.

With the change of seasons comes the change of emergency kit in the back of the car.

The snack box has been refilled.  More nuts, some tuna salad kits, cereal, and new water bottles.

My back up pair of sneakers is still there, but now I've added the back up pair of snow boots.

Added a pair of sweat pants, 1 pair of jeans, a long sleeve shirt, sweatshirt, socks, and gloves.

The bag of kitty litter went in.  (NOTE- NEVER use clumping kitty litter to help you gain traction to get out of ice or snow.  Not sayin' this is personal experience or anything, but the clumping litter MIGHT just soak up a whole bunch of water and get even slicker.)

The small jug of rock salt went in.

2 winter blankets.

1 collapsible shovel.

I checked the spare tire to make certain all the parts are there to change a tire.

Checked the jumper cables.

Changed the batteries in the flashlight.

Checked the headlights and tail lights on the cars.  Replaced one headlight on the van.

Replaced the windshield wipers.

Added more fluid to the windshield wiper fluid reservoir.

Tracked down the ice scrapers for each car, moved them to the cubby in the side of the driver's door.

You never know when a winter storm is going to strike, or if you might get stuck in bad weather for a longer time than you are prepared to handle.  (Remember the ice storm in Atlanta in April?)  I've always carried an emergency kit in the back of the car, and every six months, I update it to match the weather of the season. 

Even though the weather is nice and no storm is threatening, NOW is the time to make certain all of the necessary parts are in the car.

What are you doing to winterize your car?