Travel Gear

UPDATE: We’ve been purchasing travel gear a lot lately (end of 2011 to current).  Corey’s parents got us our main travel packs for Christmas 2009 & this past Christmas (2011) they got us our sleeping bags!  We got our daypacks last summer (2010).  Lately, we’ve been able to cross off a LOT of items, big & small!

Below you’ll find a comprehensive list of the items that we need/want to come along with us.  We know that a lot of seasoned backpackers would take a lot less!  However, it is our first big trip & I think we need to make some mistakes on our own in order to figure out what’s going to work best for us.  We’ll try our best to keep this list as up-to-date as possible & once we start travelling we’ll let you know what items worked & what items had to be ditched on the road!

Items we already have: 

• REI Mars & Venus Packs (<$300 for both packs)
• Deuter Go Lite10(Lisa)/20(Corey) Daypacks ($140)
• Big Agnes Cooper Spur UL2 Tent ($314)
• 2 Briggs & Riley Express Toiletry Kits ($80)
• 2 sleeping bags (REI Halo & Marmot Never Summer)
• 2 Compressible down pillows & sacks ($100)
• 2 REI Multi Towel Lite
• 1 pair of headphones ($50)
• Gorillapod 
• Nikon D40x (DSLR)
• Earplugs (3 sets each)
• 1 Sea to Summit Pack Converter for Lisa’s pack($60)
• 1 Pack Converter for Corey’s pack (pack cover to duffel bag)
• 1 Compass (Bruton 9077 – $13)
• 2 Black Diamond Headlamps (on sale @ REI – $30/lamp)
• Black Diamond rechargeable battery pack
• 2 RFID blocking passport cases
• 2 silk sleeping bag liners ($65 each – Sea to Summit)
• Dry Sacks (4 misc. sizes)
• First Aid kits (1 small for our carry-on & 1 big for our main packs)
• REI nightlight (alarm clock – $18)
• Portable hard drive (Western Digital)
• 4 memory cards + case
• Point & shoot camera (looking at the Fujifilm Touch – $199)
• 2 TSA locks
• Extra buckles (for our packs)
• Wilderness wash soap ($4.50/bottle)
• REI travel sewing kit
• Clothesline (2 @ $6.50)
• Badger sleep balm ($7)
• Tiger balm ($7) 
• Glue stick (for journalling)
• Gorilla tape (x2)
• 1 Swiss Army knife ($28)
• 2 collasable water bottles ($9/bottle)
• 2 titanium sporks ($10/spork)
• Most of our Travel Clothes
• 1 pari of noise cancelling headphones ($10/pair)

Items we still need/want:

• Corey clothing: undershirts, 1-2 pairs of socks & possibly work gloves
• Lisa clothing: bathing suite, sports bras & possibly work gloves
• Tablet or Netbook + accessories + sleeves ($500-$900)
• Mirroless camera (Nikon 1 + lens)
• 2 Cheap digital watches (probably Target)
• Nikon fog eliminator cloths ($7 for 3 packs @ REI)
• Medication: liquid band aids, normal band aids, q-tips, aspirin, neosporin, orajel, imodium, etc.
• Moleskin journals (2 + nice pen & art markers)
• Drain blocker (big rubber bouncy ball)
• Zip ties
• Sunscreen, bug spray, wet wipes & toilet paper

Modeling one of our travel outfits for your viewing pleasure: