Pre-Travel Travel

We just took a short trip to visit our families, which was an excellent time to do a "workshop" in preparation for the big trip. We stayed in a new place nearly every night, and it was interesting to get the feel for packing and re-packing. It becomes an art, even after just a few short days. I'm sure that we will outgrow the novelty of living out of a backpack soon enough.


Per the norm, when we visited Louisiana there was a natural disaster. This time it was flooding. We took some photos, but they do not show the extent of the damage. Yes, that is a stop sign in the middle of the picture above. We drove around the following day to see the rivers and bayous to find snakes, but to no avail.

We then went to Denver, where it had snowed the previous day. This, despite the fact that the weather report had predicted 60 degree weather - it was closer to upper 30s. The lesson from this part of the trip is: being prepared little scouts keeps the discomfort to a minimum.



We spent Halloween in Denver, which was also fun. Erica won prize money for her "post-apocolyptic rainbow brite" costume. Next year, call her for advice.