Houston Texas
day one was postponed 3 days due to exhaustion from unplanned but much needed kitchen remodel (smashed and broke last digit of middle finger on right hand) and honey do list and shooting portraits for 3 weddings in 20 days.
5/30
Monday was spent packing and getting ready. 9 weeks (63 days)
2003 Honda Civic hybrid:
IN trunk: One 4-man tent, 5 sleeping bags, 2 foam bed rolls, and a pillow.
first aid kit
3 bike helmets, 1 tire pump, 1 burley bike trailer for two,
1 Coleman two burner propane stove, a battery powered lantern.
A counter top griddle, mixing bowl, Wisk, pancake turner and can opener (daily pancakes a must),
1 bathroom 'kit' tooth brushes, tooth paste, pit stick, various soaps and hair brush, pony tail holders, tweezers, nail clippers.
ON trunk: one 16 in Specialized hot rock bike and one 26 inch Trek mountain bike mounted on a Yakima bike carrier.
In the car:
back seat: 2 booster seats: 1 Graco Ultra Cargo belt positioning booster and 1 Evenflo Apollo V 5 pt harness booster, a Portable DVD player with dual headphone jacks and back pack of DVDs sans cases and two sets of headphones, and on the floor boards individual clothing bags. a 20" for mom with 4 sets of warmer weather clothes, 3 sets of cooler weather clothes, and one set of Sunday best. medium backpacks for the younger travelers with 4 sets of warm weather and 2 sets of cool weather clothes.personal comfort blankets and pillows as well as a huge towel to cover and protect the car seat. finally for the back seat, 1 case (24 bottles) of bottled water. as well as individual sports bottles with easy open tops. 1 pack of huggies wipes, and 1 pack of huggies pull-ups. and two reusable snack bags for packing individual lunches for easy access during drive, 1 pouch of hot wheels for diversion.
front seat: MOM gear,
collapsible lunch cooler: filled with sports nutrition bars, apples and oranges travel best, and dried trail mix.
lowepro pack: for Nikon D70 Camera with two lens, extra battery, Nikon battery charger, lens cloth, 2 1-gb cards, electrostatic brush and can of compressed air, sb600 flash and light sphere.
computer bag: with Compaq Presario r3000 laptop equipped with wireless WIFI internet and a DVD burner, two extra batteries, power supply cord and supply of blank TDK DVDs for backing up.
Backpack: with 1 pack of music CD's, hand lotion, blistex, sun screen, lactaid, Advil, water bottle and car cell phone charger, bank envelopes for storing receipts neatly (tax deductions)
moms purse: cell phone, bank cards, drivers license, keys.
5/30
Monday was spent packing and getting ready. 9 weeks (63 days)
2003 Honda Civic hybrid:
IN trunk: One 4-man tent, 5 sleeping bags, 2 foam bed rolls, and a pillow.
first aid kit
3 bike helmets, 1 tire pump, 1 burley bike trailer for two,
1 Coleman two burner propane stove, a battery powered lantern.
A counter top griddle, mixing bowl, Wisk, pancake turner and can opener (daily pancakes a must),
1 bathroom 'kit' tooth brushes, tooth paste, pit stick, various soaps and hair brush, pony tail holders, tweezers, nail clippers.
ON trunk: one 16 in Specialized hot rock bike and one 26 inch Trek mountain bike mounted on a Yakima bike carrier.
In the car:
back seat: 2 booster seats: 1 Graco Ultra Cargo belt positioning booster and 1 Evenflo Apollo V 5 pt harness booster, a Portable DVD player with dual headphone jacks and back pack of DVDs sans cases and two sets of headphones, and on the floor boards individual clothing bags. a 20" for mom with 4 sets of warmer weather clothes, 3 sets of cooler weather clothes, and one set of Sunday best. medium backpacks for the younger travelers with 4 sets of warm weather and 2 sets of cool weather clothes.personal comfort blankets and pillows as well as a huge towel to cover and protect the car seat. finally for the back seat, 1 case (24 bottles) of bottled water. as well as individual sports bottles with easy open tops. 1 pack of huggies wipes, and 1 pack of huggies pull-ups. and two reusable snack bags for packing individual lunches for easy access during drive, 1 pouch of hot wheels for diversion.
front seat: MOM gear,
collapsible lunch cooler: filled with sports nutrition bars, apples and oranges travel best, and dried trail mix.
lowepro pack: for Nikon D70 Camera with two lens, extra battery, Nikon battery charger, lens cloth, 2 1-gb cards, electrostatic brush and can of compressed air, sb600 flash and light sphere.
computer bag: with Compaq Presario r3000 laptop equipped with wireless WIFI internet and a DVD burner, two extra batteries, power supply cord and supply of blank TDK DVDs for backing up.
Backpack: with 1 pack of music CD's, hand lotion, blistex, sun screen, lactaid, Advil, water bottle and car cell phone charger, bank envelopes for storing receipts neatly (tax deductions)
moms purse: cell phone, bank cards, drivers license, keys.
posted by Kat @ 9:06 PM
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