Visit the impressive, 3 story REI flagship store in Seattle to rent things you need! I rented a wheeled Coleman cooler, 2 trekking poles, and a sleeping bag for around $55. You can secure your items online and they'll be ready for you when you arrive! There's also tons of things you can get here …
Category: Planning
Packing – Arizona for 1 week
12/28/2019 A week’s worth of clothing and items for one week of (mostly driving) travel to Arizona! I wanted to make sure that if my clothes got snow and wet, I would have enough dry clothes so it’s more than I would normally pack. Here’s what went inside: Packing cube (clean/dirty) with: 5 long sleeve …
Packing for Big Bend National Park
Here’s what I brought to Big Bend for the weekend! It was also a chance to try out my new Osprey Celeste 29L backpack! My Snoopy: his little flashlight lights up! (But not brightly) REI Carina 32 sleeping back packing inside a Sea to Summit compression pack (10L)REI 10L stuff sack with my REI Camp …
Which apps worked and which ones didn’t…
Here's my final thoughts of the apps I downloaded for the Hawaii trip: My TSA: so helpful in deciding where to pack things I bought and changing planes so many times Airbnb: helped me keep track of the 3 places I stayed at, plus made communicating with the hosts easyAllTrails: shows the length of trails …
Packing for Hawaii
The mission: To fit 2 weeks of what you need for a Hawaiian vacation into my 13 L sized Osprey Daylight pack (in space stars design, because it's the coolest design I've ever seen for this pack). First off: clothing. We will have access to a washing machine in Oahu and Hawaii islands in the …
How I Fit Camping Equipment in One Luggage
It's getting closer to our fly out date to Hawaii so I was being proactive (okay, maybe paranoid is a better word) and wanted to see how I was going to manage the checked bag/luggage situation. I am dead set on only taking one luggage piece to be checked in on the airplane so I …
Apps
Apps Here's some apps I downloaded to my phone to check out for travel (for the record, I own an iphone8): 1. Google Photos2. Lonely Planet Guides3. My TSA4. Google Trips5. Google Maps6. App in the Air7. Airbnb8. Groupon9. Flush10. Southwest Airlines11. Turo12. GasBuddy13. AllTrails14. My Trip List15. Roadtrippers16. maps.me17. TX State Parks - I …
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