Sure, we're driving instead of flying, but I've jammed a lot of stuff into a duffle bag, a pretty big backpack and two reusable shopping bags. I'm sure I've still managed to forget something. Oh well. There are very few things I can't just buy on the road. Prescriptions, really, and I am sure I could get those if I have the time and patience. I actually nearly forgot one.
While I've packed nearly everything I could think of that would be useful, I haven't really coordinated some of this with my travel mates. I assume that they are bringing their own clothes, toiletries and phones. But they are a lot like me, in many ways. Do you think all three of us brought a CB radio for the car? Did we all download CW McCall's Greatest Hits for when that CB wakes up? Maybe these things are just what I would bring and the others have packed different road trip toys.
I will say that I've realized that packing for a road trip is a bit different than flying somewhere. A lot of my thinking has been around how do I keep myself from forgetting anything, as we move from hotel to hotel. I don't have to worry about TSA. I don't want to forget my shaped pillow somewhere, though. I bought the ugliest quilted sham I could find at Walmart. Emily just keeps commenting about how hideous it is. I just say "yeah! Isn't it great? It will never get left behind!"
Packing for a pandemic means making sure I have enough masks. I'm also making sure that I've got filters for my cloth masks, as I'm sure we'll be driving through wildfire smoke somewhere. We've also got camp chairs so that we have our own place to sit outside. That is the one thing we coordinated on so we didn't end up bringing 9 chairs.
We leave Friday evening, so I'm staying up way past my bedtime in the hope that I will sleep in. That is often easier said than done. We shall see. I'm 90% packed, so I'll probably call it a night pretty soon.
It's just after 2 am Friday morning. We leave in 16 hours.
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