Comments | mellymell: Taking a break from packing and prep.

mellymell

Taking a break from packing and prep.

Jun 10, 2013 13:44

We leave on Thursday on our first trip out West since 2005. I've gotten over my trip anxiety by immersing myself in reading and research and planning and stuff. It's been oddly romantic, the two of us on the couch every night with our laptops open, sharing links and building our trip itinerary and checklists on shared notebooks on Evernote. We make ( Read more... )

backpacking, camping, traveling, dehydrator cooking, hiking, food porn, camp food

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pinkrouge June 11 2013, 01:16:01 UTC

Cool, sounds like it will be a really great trip!

mellymell June 11 2013, 14:12:24 UTC

Hope so! There's something really perspective altering about covering that much ground and just the general vastness of the Western landscape. I can't wait to be out there and feel so small.

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mellymell June 11 2013, 22:10:59 UTC

Yes. Yes you can. :)

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mellymell June 12 2013, 14:45:28 UTC

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mellymell June 11 2013, 22:11:46 UTC

LOL! There's a brand of barbecue sauce sold at my local Publix called Ho-made. I'm hoping for all the awesome perspective altering goodness of the last one in 2005!

yocepha June 11 2013, 22:56:56 UTC

Hope you have a safe and WONDERFUL adventure! Wish we could/would do that sort of thing, but I'm pretty sure those days are over for us. I am looking forward to your trip report - at least I can still vacation vicariously! ;-)

mellymell June 12 2013, 20:47:21 UTC

Thank you! Hopefully I can do better than I did with my report about the Keys last year. At the very least, there will be pics. Lots and lots of pics. :)