Getting Ready - Blogabond

So we're 12 days from leaving and we're already almost packed. Care for our little zoo is covered. Quito, the Lori is going on his own vacation to Tracy CA where he visits an oversized family of other birds. He'll come home with a few new words and a more humble attitude after realizing that he's not the only and far from the biggest bird on Earth. Tiller, the Toller is being cared for by Jackie Gordon of Island Pets. (If you live in Alameda and need pet care, this young woman is your choice-leave a comment if you want her contact info)

Mark has managed to cut his normal travel stuff almost in half, thanks to a new selection of high tech, ultra light t-shirts, underwear, and shorts.

The gear bag has all the electronics a modern traveler can't leave home without (EXCEPT: no laptop and our cellphones are delightfully useless in the BVI's) We have the big camera, the little camera (with waterproof housing) the video camera, the iPod and the iPod thing that plugs into a 12v outlet to send our music the boat's radio, GPS with waypoints all loaded, plus extra batteries and chargers. We've got a Leatherman, a sharp kitchen knife, flashlights, a Melita coffee cone and an assortment of sunscreen (including some from Canada containing Mexoryl. We'll let you know how it works) We're bringing a bunch of fishing gear to see if I can actually land something after my HUGE disappointment at losing two great fish on the trip to St. Barth's and St. Martin last year.

Books: I'm bringing The Whiskey Rebels, by David Liss this year thanks to a recommendation from Ed who never steers me wrong. It's a historical mystery which has an attack on Alexander Hamilton's new Central Bank as part of its central theme. Timely if you ask me. If this is like other years, I should get some writing done myself!

How many days left? Dang! Still 12.

written by

Mark & Karen Brunelle on November 11, 2008 from Alameda, United States

from the travel blog: British Virgin Islands Thanksgiving Cruise 2008

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