Since our trip is fully supported, by that I mean we don't have to carry a bunch of stuff in panniers (bike saddlebags) and TK&A provides our food, we only need to pack a few things to take care of camping and personal needs.
60 pounds each is the limit! That means Larry takes 40 pounds and I get to take 80 pounds! Girls just gotta have more stuff!
After years of research, we finally decided on the following brands and products. I'm sure the pioneers who settled the west didn't spend a much time deciding on what to pack in their wagon trains as we did.
Here's the list of the few things we're taking:
Home Sweet Home
for where ever we roam.
 | Tent: Marmot Hoot 3 wo/man, 3 season tent with extra stakes & poles (54 sq. ft. of spacious living space, my pantry is larger than this!) |
| Tent Footprint, to protect the tent floor |
| Eaglecreek World Journey Travel Packs. They can be backpacks or suitcase style, whatever suits the occasion. (We ended up sending the large part home, keeping the smaller pack, due to lack of space) |
| Marmot Sleeping bags/with Polarguard 3D (purple to match tent) |
| Walrus chairs (very nice for tired bodies) The chairs were reluctantly sent home. Not enough room. (reluctantly these went home too) |
| Pillows, the normal kind...we will stuff in a stuff/compression sack |
| Silk sleeping bag liners |
| blindfolds (in case we meet up with a firing squad) or better yet want to sleep on a airplane. |
| collapsible pail. (replaces the Maytag)Very useful and admired by many. |
| Parachute cord and clothes pins (solar dryer ) |
Bike carryons:
| Raleigh an old American bike manufacture supplied our bikes |
| Spare tubes |
| tire levers |
| Tube repair kit |
| Topeak Alien (thanks to Gene Rodaway, Larry's thoughtful friend) |
| Water bottles (2 each) |
| Camelback hydration system (must always have enough water) |
| Single Pannier (Kristal, to carry digital camera & Sony Vaio Computer), my original pannier broke, it wasn't designed for such heavy usage. I ended up with double REI panniers, they worked better) |
| rear pack (Larry to carry the rest of Kristal's stuff) |
| Multiple bike locks (so we can sleep at night) |
| Rear flasher lights, battery operated for better visiblity |
| Cyclometer (Larry) |
| Altimeter (Kristal) |
| Bells (to be really geeky, an International requirement) |
| Toilet Paper (some places haven't invented it yet) |
| Gortex Rain gear by Northface and (for the 54 days of proposed rain in 2000) |
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to be continued.... go to counties.
