the panic starts to set in

I keep stumbling upon the realization that we are leaving for our epic trip out west in, now, nine days. NINE DAYS! Holy cow. While I did complete most of the planning a few weeks ago, I haven’t at all really thought about packing. I often don’t pack until the day before a trip, but this is a different kind of trip. There’s no “packing list” to reuse that will suffice. What have I forgotten to buy? New keens or boots for myself? Do I have time? Should I order some on line and have them shipped to my parents’ house?

What about the kids? I had planned on making this an educational trip, but have done little in thinking about ways to engage them in the history/geology/etc of the places we will see.

What about the music? I had planned on using the hours in the car to explore new music with them. How will this happen since I haven’t done anything towards this?

What will we eat? What will we wear? And, what will the weather be?

How am I going to manage working, traveling, blogging and so on? Should I put all my blogs on vacation too?

Panic. Panic. But now? now it is time to leave this hotel and join the rest of the family camping at LEAF.

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