Finally, after feeling a little like chickens with our heads cut off over the past few days, we are nearly prepared and beginning to relax. We'll spare you all the details of what exactly we've packed (mainly because it appears we have squeezed in a little more than planned) but the photo shows what we will be lugging around for the next 3+ months. Hopefully we haven't overburdened ourselves. Thankfully, many items are consumables, which should help to lighten the load along the way. D&D have been good to us over the last week and so we are likely beginning this trip with a few extra pounds that, hopefully, will also be shed along the way. We have been doing our best to appreciate all the comforts, familiarities and luxuries of home, which recently have included
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