Packing and procrastination

As the departure day draws nearer I fill with an undefineable sense of urgency. I know that all I really need to do I pack, purge the kitchen, tidy up a little.

Wait, what! PACK!! Argh!!... What do I need to bring, what goes together, how do i pack all this in a backpack, how long before I find a laundromat, what tech-gear to I bring. I make lists, stress, ponder and dwelve in all kinds of procrastination (see the nice new travel map at the top right).

And then i dawns on me, I'm being a total girl about this, no offence ladies, I'm packing for this like it was one of my business trips, everything must work like clockwork... But this is a vacation, and a fairly chaotic, in sense of planing, one at that. I just need to pack what I think I'll need and then rock'n'roll.

The US dollar and peanuts holding equally the same monetary value at this time, should also make on-the-road aquisitions more feasable.

Its hard to find your inner rock'n'roller and just letting go, but damn it feels good!

The Dessert

After a bit more planning and changing the route, we desided to visit the Zion national park and a few other of natures stunning attractions in the dessert. We are both very excited about this, since we've heard about the remarkable beauty of these places. But again, Im a little daunted by the prospects of entering into the American WILDLIFE. Im not that sturdy a hiker, it's going to be abominately hot (its the dessert in august. The dessert) Nothing can survive there but scorpions, rattlesnakes and, I greatly fear, velociraptors. But I hope very much that it will all somehow turn out well and that we will not end up exhausted from heat, being mercilesly hunted down by famished predators.