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I meant to get going, and was, if haltingly. Then I realized I have a package arriving, one I may be required to sign for. So, the trip is off until the package arrives OR time passes for deliveries. A later visit to town is no real issue. Ever place I will be shopping should be open till much later. As well, traffic may tame down a bit. Since delayed, I might as well relax and go as the sun is going down.
I suppose I could work on my bike tire, or at least take a look at it. I noted that the tires are flat. I am not sure if they need to be reset somehow, or if merely inflating them again will work. I do have a foot pump, but I've got to admit, those pumps generally suck. Oh well. I had thought about using a gas station device, but that... is just plain risky, on several fronts. I would love to research and buy a truly good pump of some sort but money, well, I am done with purchases, other than what else is planned. There is a little room for a bit of this and that, but I am holding onto that for any "oh horror" forgotten items. There is emergency money for the trip, but that shrinks, seemingly daily. Bleh.
Hmm, well, I'll... get started with a few things, late as it is.
Ugh.. the stress of getting ready.. You seem to be doing fine though. I'm usually a last minute person.
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I know you'll take ziplock bags for food items, but has it occurred to you to pack clothing in them or at least in garbage bags? It would keep the dust off the clothes. In our case we have to worry more about water. Yes, we've had a river run through a tent before .. :-). Luckily, items were in plastic bags. Mostly these last few years we've just used plastic bins with lids though.
foam, I'd swear you were a vetaran burner if I didn't know better. :)
ReplyDeleteZiplocs for clothing sets is one of those recommended practices we get from the various burn-prep sites.
Which reminds me to put 2 gal ziplocs on my shopping list. Thanks!
As for me, I have a few bins and may add more as I finalize my organization plan. Ziplocs inside bins, as it happens to be.
Yes and no, as to my considerations. I am taking ziplocks, but... my clothes are mongo (big). I thought I had some of the large ziplocks for clothes, blankets, and such, and I will be looking for those. But unless I find them... Now, I do have dry packs, but those always make clothes smell sort of like rubber. The desert will kill those much more quickly as well, so I don't really want to pack those. Okay for river runs and wet, rainy season, camping but not much else in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteI am having to start now or I would never make it. Even with a running jump it will be tight, I think. I just worry that starting too soon might be counterproductive as well? And yet I do, even now, as indicated, worry that I won't get it done right, well. There is so much to do!
Regarding funds, remember I owe you for the ticket yet. I had hoped to repay that originally by being the provider of transport and lodging via Ginger. So I hope you aren't planning on putting any gas in the SUV between Tucson, BRC and back? I will cover that. I get paid one last time before we go, and again while we are there, so I'm good for the gasoline at least.
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ReplyDeleteThat's why you might consider trash bags which you can close with twist ties.
Desert Cat..
Never heard of the Bman until this year ..from You guys .. and some of our younger camp mates who thought about going.
I must admit to being curious though. Hope you guys have a great time.
Oh, I've thought of trash bags. The problem with those is the smell from the insecticide, and other stuff, almost all include. I should see if there is a brand that doesn't have that. Oh, yes, I've been thinking, just...
ReplyDeleteWell, you will have first hand eye witnesses of two sorts, both more mature than... just the pure testosterone of the youngens... about BMan in a bit.
It would be an interesting place to meet people. No... formality... or economic or social circumstance... allowed, sort of. Well, and lots and lots of witnesses. :p
A little more review suggests that there is not pesticide in garbage bags, unless listed on the side. And yet, there is a smell from garbage bags that is distinctly unpleasant to my senses. I am considering, after reviewing finances, ordering some of those larger ziplocs. While I may have some somewhere, I don't really have the time to dig through for them. Bleh... And I only have a few.
ReplyDeleteI'm listening... even if disagreeably in a way. And I like the notion. Hmm, might look for them in town, while I am there, if I can remember. Would save on shipping time, and I remember the prices so could compare that as well. Amazon isn't always the cheapest.
trust the nose. it knows what it doesn't like .. :)
ReplyDeleteziploc makes a 5 lb big bag. i'm thinking i found those before at a hardware box type store. next time i come across some, i'm buying them again. the 2 lb bags can be found at any regular sized grocery store.
I've not seen the 5lb, but I've had the 2lb. Those would only handle my swim trucks, unfortunately. But they do make ones specifically for clothes and bedding.
ReplyDeleteOh? Women's noses have always been much more acutely sensitive than mine... save for some things that are man specific. Even most men aren't aware of that. Oh, but Doom is. I could tell, when I moved to this valley, for instance, that the pill is a rarity. Oh the bouquet, un parfum de femmes fertile! It was grand, if I almost drove off the road when it hit me as I first entered the and caught it. It had been a while. Iowa City was a dead city. No matter how naughty or nasty or adroit they believed themselves to be, they were nothing and dying. Here... here there is life and the potential for it. It isn't little holdouts, which the locals consider foolish, but the whole valley. Well... save for the holdouts, which... people consider foolish. Heh!
So, you gotz yourself a good nose for female pheromones.. :-)
ReplyDeleteI always thought I sensed something with some women, but when more than half numb their system, and in a large population of them, it wasn't clear. Until I ran into it full bore. Wow.
ReplyDeleteNow why trash bags are nearly nauseating to me I can't say. Usually my nose is more in the "off" position.