Before arriving in South America, one of our biggest fears was traveling to the bus station. So far these trips in Quito and in Latacunga have been uneventful. Our biggest transportation issue to date is getting off at the correct stop. Today we started on the Quilotoa circuit and missed our [...]
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“It’s Only One Night”
That was our mantra on Saturday. We had high expectations going into our trip to Assateague Island National Seashore. Who wouldn’t be excited about seeing wild horses on a beach? However, we didn’t do any research, ended up camping on the bay side, and thus were swarmed by many, MANY bugs including mosquitoes and ticks. [...]
New Packs
Beth Ann’s old pack is 4500ci; mine is 3300ci. We both need new packs and we decided to aim for 4000ci. We conducted extensive research on packs at REI last Friday. This involved putting 25lbs worth of bean bag weights in lots of packs and walking around the store for two hours. [...]
And, There Goes the Paycheck
To prepare for the trip there are some things we absolutely need (e.g., thermals, sunglasses), and then things we really want (e.g., zoom lens).
Since Marc is working on his final class project, I have gone on a number of shopping excursions to purchase what we need/want. The battle of needs and wants has developed into [...]