We are both feeling better now and are preparing for our journey north to the cabin. We had planned to arrive there today, but now we are shooting for next week. Covid wreaked our schedule this last week. We had lined up a week of appointments that all had to be cancelled. Pity. I did not want to go to the dentist anyway.

In preparation for our journey, I installed the bike rack on the RAV4. This trailer hitch rack actually fit better on the Prius than the newer SUV. The Prius with its hatchback design was not hampered by the bikes. While the RAV4 with its rear liftgate needs the rack to be lowered to access the rear door. While the rack is empty, this is not a big deal, but when it is full of bikes, it is a pain. We can live with this inconvenience, but the nanny car not so much. The first time I put the car in reverse, it went ape.

Its parking lot sensors saw the bike rack as an imminent obstacle that it was about to crash into. Its dashboard lit up and began emitting alarms, but the worse part of it was that while backing up, the car would automatically hit the brakes, hard. I figured out how to disable these parking lot sensors and peace has returned. Now when I backup, I have to do it the old fashion way and turn around and look where I am going. One advantage of the RAV4 over the Prius it has not one, but two backup cameras. There is the regular one that we use all of the time and sorely missed not having one on the Prius. There is also another one in the rearview mirror, which we almost never use, except for now. This camera is mount on high and will peer over the bikes with an unobstructed rear view.