Bags Are Packed And Ready To Go

We spent the morning hours packing, unpacking and repacking our suitcases until everything was “just right”. I was very happy to use the big suitcase but I could tell that Michelle wasn’t going to let it happen. Not on her watch anyway. We got everything we could possibly need into the suitcases and backpacks.

On our trip to Egypt we had bought new camera/laptop bags. I guess that we should have field tested them first as they are not going on this trip. We will be using the good old Jansport Backpacks. These backpacks made it to Hawaii and Spain without issue. Anybody out there looking for a couple of (lightly) used camera/laptop bags? Don’t get me wrong, the bags are fine but I guess that we just packed too much crap in them and made them uncomfortable to wear for extended periods of time.

Now that the packing is done, it is on to housework. Michelle promised to wait until my nap is over before she starts vacuuming.

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