FYI to all my fellow intrepid travellers!

Effective January 1, 2008, the following rules apply to the spare lithium batteries you carry with you in case the battery in a device runs low:

New Rules regarding batteries: http://safetravel.dot.gov/whats_new_batteries.html

We saw this (and all the bottles of absinthe) and thought of you....

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In preparation for Yellowstone, I picked up some of Eagle Creek Pack-It Cube and a couple of their compression bags (I bought a set of large, medium, and small). And, I have to say, these things are the NIFTIEST things since sliced bread ( Read more... )

Yosemite was an absolute blast. There was some snafus on the scheduling, but all-in-all, it went pretty well. kilah_hurtz and I are absolutely exhausted. I haven't been checking up on anything (email, vmail, LJ, etc) since Thursday afternoon, so if you've actually sent me anything, well, I haven't gotten it (and there was absolutely no cell phone service up ( Read more... )

Having been upset by the UAL "change-fee" incident, I decided to go a-looking for some travelling information, and came across some interesting websites ( Read more... )