And all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring
Not even a [Bernese Mountain Dog]
Aaaaaaaaand we're off!
We've spent the last two weeks pulling together logistics and corralling all of our gear into one place.
After great deliberation combined with packing, unpacking and repacking, we've whittled down our luggage to two backpacks for each of us.
Highlights include:
- 4 Cans of SPF 85 Suntan Lotion
- One roll of TP (paired with ultra handy dayglo orange shovel)
- A tiny tablet PC (yay Motion Computing!)
- An iPod, naturally (the plains of Africa will never be the same thanks to Pete's playlist)
- Larium malaria pills, known for causing vivid dreams and hallucinations...sweet
- 2 Bottles of Immodium
So, we've totally (arguably) got it all under control. And tomorrow, we're on our way to lovely Cape Town, South Africa:
Though the wheels lift off the tarmac at 5:20 PM EST tomorrow, we don't arrive until Sunday at 9 PM SAST (EST +6hrs). Our next post will be from the Southern Hemisphere -- see you all then!
Capetown looks really nice from that photo. I hope you guys have a great trip! Keep us posted.
ReplyDeleteYour mother wants to know why you didn't call from Amsterdam?
ReplyDeleteAnd Matterhorn is fine, 3 ticks just this morning, Frontline immediately (sorry Peter, no May 1st). She was carrying Kate's silver sandal around. So I gave her the weird footed green squeaky ball. All good now. Christie Hauffman in an hour.
ReplyDeleteThis is an awesome blog, I'm excited to follow your progress!!
ReplyDeleteBest of luck. And don't drink the water!
ReplyDeleteOOooooh... you went Lariam. Good luck with that.
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