Our next long-distance ride is less than 2 weeks away! Alex and I are planning to leave Washington, DC on Friday, June 29, 2012. We're heading west towards California. We've got about 3 weeks off work to make this happen, but the exact route is still unplanned and unknown.
In fact, we've got a bunch of things to figure out...
- What kind of tent will we bring? We've tried 3 different tents, and our favorite is a 3-season, 3-person Mountain Hardware tent. However, those tents are pretty expensive ($400+), so we don't own it, it's borrowed from my parents. We found out yesterday that they're planning a 2-week camping trip during the same exact weeks as our vacation, and they need the tent back. So should we use our 2-person leaky tent? Our 3-person leaky tent? Or buy our own $400+ good tent?
- Do we need to buy a sleeping pad? Again, those are expensive ($150+) so we borrowed a sleeping pad from my parents. They need it back. Do we buy our own for $150? Yuck.
- And of course... Where will we go? Where will we stay?
Stay tuned as we continue (begin?) planning our trip over the next 11 days.
-- Ann