The Trip Begins!

   
. . . Kinda

    Friday, the long awaited day of departure had come. Dad came home and it was time to go, but somehow six o'clock came and went, then seven o'clock, eight, and nine. By ten when we weren't ready to go still we decided to call it a night and stay in our own beds till morning. Honestly I think it was a good plan, Dad hadn't gotten more than ten hours of sleep for the last three days combined due to a craZy project at work he was trying to finish and then the car battery was giving us a bit of grief, so this is a lovely picture of Camilla and Jared looking quite ready to be done with all the packing.

Meals for Backpacking

     Getting all packed and ready to go. In Main we will be backpacking for a week so we've gotten all the meals planned and organized out. In some crazy way I actually really love the light weight, dehydrated meals that are great for backpacking, then again everything tastes like heaven when you've been hiking all day. We also have a canoe trip planned for a week up near the Canadian border. We've got all the dry bags and gear ready to go but unfortunately we are going to have to rent canoes just because it would be a hassle to haul ours all around the states. So yep, one day closer to take off!

Saturday Before Departure

We’ve put so much prep into this trip I can hardly comprehend that Friday is the day of departure. Every day of the trip is planned and in some cases every hour of the day is scheduled out. I don’t mind so much because this way we’ll be able to see the maximum amount of places. I figure if we are going set out to see the country we had better not waste our time moseying around. I can’t wait to go! I hope we’re ready.