Well.....

I meet with the company tomorrow for the final $$$$$$$ talks and actual start date. I have been told I could leave out tomorrow, but I won't be ready that fast. I figure T-10 days and counting.

It is on, departure date pending.

Nice that I will get fall and winter. I can ease into this cold stuff.

LOL... ease into cold. LOL!

Its going to be cold then it'll just get colder!

I have been on the phone with 8 - 10 different folks in the GTA (see I haven't even left yet, but I am getting the slang), and all have been very pleasant......

Then today I got my first free "Cup of Smug". I now see what you were talking about. I haven't even started the trip, and I already feel accepted.

Hmmm, an awful lot of the smug seems to be from people not in TO.

I grew up in the area just north of the city and worked around Toronto and the rest of southern Ontario for years.
If you find yourself having a hard time remembering the shape of southern Ontario turn your map so west is north and look at it as a circus elephant.
Windsor/Detroit is at the tip of the trunk, Sarnia is the top of the ear, Niagra Falls/Buffalo is a front toe, Orillia is a back foot, and Owen Sound is the elephant's a-hole.

Scafool...

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love it!

Okay
I have now got my lists together..

I am operating on several assumptions:

1) These kits are for a "Best Case/Worst Case" type situation.
2) Best case is snowed in at a cell site that has a shelter.
3) Worst case is I goon it and spend the night in a ditch in my truck.
4) I will be properly dressed for a Texan in an Ontario Winter (every article of clothing I own)
5) I will have an overnight bag with spare clothes/toiletries if I have to get a hotel room for a night on the road.
6) I would not be leaving my truck unless circumstances require it. Then I would repack to lighten load. (Yeah, it's heavy)
7) Items marked with $$$$ are to be purchased only if going to rural/remote areas. (I would love to have them already, but money is tight.)
8) Many items I already own, but they are needed for home, so I will be buying dedicated travel items.
9) Some items are marked with colors, and there is a key on each page.

Constructive comments now welcome.......

The windshield ice scraper is a needed item.
You will be using it if you are in Canada in the winter.

You are unlikely to find a use for the machete in Ontario.

Only bring the guns if you are buying hunting licences and intend to go hunting.

For a stranger into the area a GPS with mapping might be a good idea indeed.

If you get here one of the tricks local driver use is a small bag of dry sand or granular kitty litter for under the wheels if you get stuck on ice. I like coarse sand instead of litter.

You might want an extension cord to plug your truck in with.
You might make it through the winter without needing to use your block heaters but motors start easier if they are warmed first.

Thanks

I like the bivy idea for a truck kit. I went with the Outdoor Research Alpine Bivy Lightweight, breathable and roomy for a low profile shelter. Any good mummy bag will do inside the bivy. You might also consider a good wool blanket for use inside the truck. This packs a little bigger than the AMK gear, but with a full size p/u you aren't exactly hurting for room.