Right now the contents of my pack are spewed out over the floor of my room in Kanata, and so I have it in my head that I will share what makes the cut on my back as I plan my trip out west.
This will likely be quite boring, however, so it goes, and I'll need a packing list at some point later, I'm sure. Maybe you will too! I have also included some of my lessons learned based on my paking errors..I mean "learning experiences"...aw, I hope you guys at the governement don't think I forgot you (and did you get my postcard?)
Clothing:
* 4 pairs of underwear (either love back coutry laundry, or lower your standards. I feel I hit a comfortable balance. Is that too much? Did I say too much?
* 5 pairs of socks, one woolly warm pair
* 4 shirts, preferable two tanks, two t-shirty things that are NOT COTTON
* long underwear, fleece, mittains, sleeping toque
* two pants, at least one zip off quick dry, and maybe the other is a slightly heavier yet still not cotton zip off. These things are miracles.
* all rubber flip flops for quick dry, durability
*one pair of hiking shoes, prefereabele with a vibram sole, especially for light hiking
* two bras, one black, one white, although you could also substitute a pink or green one, if you felt so inclined. I pretty much just took what was handy.
* bathing suit (can be substituted for a sportsbra and underwear, if you have the cahones, rayon sarong as towel/skirt/beach cover/extra layer
* rain gear SMARTIE, maybe next time you won't think your running jacket is going to be just fine as you curse your planning caught in the limbo that is the deck of the ferry that you can't leave despite the rain because to go below would mean literally turning inside out for 4 hours or so. Nice play, Shakespeare! Rain gear for camping, good thought. Am I devaluing my degree program? Nah, didn't think so.
* a small stuff sack which you will then cram as much of the above into as you possibly can
Stuff:
*tea light lantern for heat and paraffin wax MESS in the tent. Sheds decent light for scrabble.
*medical kit which MUST INCLUDE GRAVOL for the love of Pete, if you are travelling by boat or might travel by boat or might see a movie about a boat.
*toiletries, which for me was a bar of "conditioning shampoo soap" (read: hair coating substance), half a bar of sunlight soap for everything else, a razor to mow your armpits when you see an official shower evry once and awhile, contact stuff if you need it, toothbrush, toothpaste and if you are me, MOUTHWASH...the stuff that sears so you know it's working. mmm, luxury burning. A mini deodorant.
* Sunscreen, preferably in a much smaller bottle since Ontario will steal all the east's warmth and ironically you'll wish you had more layers more days than not, bug repellent which I guess equally ironically you won't need due to high winds and cold weather.
*mp3 player with a FEW extra batteries, it's not like you're going to need to generate emergency lighting for the community with your freaking enormous supply of AAA's, Flash! (lesson learned)
* digital camera and the little wires that go with it MAYBE but definitely the power cord.
* cell phone if you have a concerned mom. Try to avoid lengthily and costly (Costleigh!) phonecalls with the boyfriend unless necessary. Be sure to call and bully employees to give you free money on your phone if they make it hard to top up. They actually do it.
* joural of some description to write down addresses of people you need to write cards to, and also to write down addresses of people you meet for 10 minutes, yet fully intend to take advantage of on other portions of your trip. Perhaps record parts of your journey, or at least tape in ticket stubs or something.
* Small stove, lighter, small pot one spoon, some raisinf, olive oil, salt pepper, ginger lighters and a wind guard unledd you love re-lighting your stove. Ans a little fuel tank, aw so cute! Also , one kilo of oats, Consider yourself fed, friend.
* one emergency blanket, which I cannot stress enough. My biggest boneheaded move of the trip basically made me want to use my foil blanket every night for weeks (any toxic side effects anyone?) so I looked, felt and sounded like a kippered kipper trying to hget out of the reynolds wrap. My tentmate found it hilarious, ask me to see a picture, it's a good one.
*sleeping bag, thermarest
That's all I cacn think of for now. I know I owe a week of stories, I'll try and sort something out soon. Bed time!
xoxo
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