Hello all!!! well the day is FINALLY upon us and it has been going so slowly. Our flights leave at 6:55pm and when you wake up, due to excitement, at 6:00am, it makes for a long day of waiting. Our bags are packed, we have done some last minute running around and now we wait....and wait.....and still wait. The anticipation is what makes it so exciting when we finally start our journey but it is also quite painful. We did our last weigh in and after cutting down all the things I wanted to bring on the trip to the things I only need for the trip my pack (with water) will weigh about 38 pounds and my Mom 35 pounds. Doesn't seem like that much until you add what we currently weigh and well...it makes
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