The chocolate-colored coat was ready in four days and Baba placed it in Vishnu's care.
From Monday, 1 July 1929, Baba began giving serious attention to his future plans. He mentioned closing down the ashrams and decided to go to Kashmir. Aga Ali, Ali Akbar and Chhota Baba were included in the planned journey. Only Ahmed Khan and Jamshed were allowed to remain in Meherabad; five of the boys were kept at Akbar Press and the other youngsters were sent home. The boys' ashram was thus temporarily closed from 9 July.
During the first week of July, Baba settled the details of the upcoming journey. He wished to travel by bus and ordered Padri to have a special bus built for the trip. On 2 July, Padri and Chanji left for Bombay to purchase a one-ton Chevrolet truck chassis and make other arrangements.
On 5 July, the boy Vasant showed up at Meherabad. He had escaped from his parents and walked from Jamkhed, but Baba sent him back home that day.
The names of those accompanying Baba were decided and each was assigned a separate duty. Aga Ali and Ali Akbar were to sit behind Baba's seat in the bus and to speak only with Raosaheb. Baba gave orders to the mandali not to look at or talk to the boys, and vice versa. Padri was to drive the bus; Buasaheb was to be the manager of supplies for the trip; Ramjoo was to speak with travelers and other persons in the course of the journey; and Vishnu was to be the assistant mechanic to Padri. Chanji was to attend to correspondence; Chhagan was to be the cook; and Raosaheb was to take care of the two boys, Aga Ali and Ali Akbar. Chhota Baba and Gustadji were to sit in the front of the bus next to Padri. Each was to take one bedding roll and four changes of clothes.
Jalbhai, Sidhu, Dastur, Karim and the Bomanji family were ordered to stay in Meherabad. Sidhu was to act as temporary manager of the property, and Dastur was to continue his writing work without interfering in the others' duties. Pesu, Gustadji's brother Homi and his nephew Dara Hansotia (who had returned to Meherabad) were sent to Bombay. Thus, by the 9th of July, all preparations for leaving were complete.
The group left Meherabad in cars at 4:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 10 July 1929. It was the fourth anniversary of Baba's silence, but he made no special occasion of it.