junk in the trunk

So i went to the post office and asked about mail dropping packages and the man wasn't very helpful. Before I leave AR I am going to get into contact with a more knowledgeable postmaster (someone from an office on the route) to get a little better info on how to send packages (hint wink cough).

Unlike some of the other travelers I am accompanying I would bring the kitchen sink with me on the trip, so its been hard for me to get my gear down to something I think I can manage. There is something reassuring to me knowing I have too much stuff, and won't lack for much. The flipside of that coin is that in the first few weeks I might be trashing some of the contents of my bag. Whatever.

Heres rundown of all my gear that I am carrying. Only thing that is not pictured that will be carried is food, and some contents of the bag that straps to my handle bars.

Clothing

and voila its in a bag!

And now for the rest of the story.


clockwise from purple bag of clothing: shoes, tool bag (gray bag) and pot scrubber sitting on pants, sleeping bag, fuel, stove, towels, matress pad, h20 bag , dop kit, rain gear, hi-visibility vest & rain fly/mosquitenetting (blue bag).

Here is a picture of me in my BOB bag, the sack all of this equipment travels in. Mind you i am 6 ft tall and pushing 185lbs

and last but not least my trailer and bike








 The bag on the seat would normally be attached to my handle bars.

That is all I can muster for now.

-D