{"id":1654,"date":"2016-06-10T16:24:11","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T23:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingrubycom.wordpress.com\/?p=185"},"modified":"2016-06-10T16:24:11","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T23:24:11","slug":"packing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mynameisruby.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/packing\/","title":{"rendered":"Packing"},"content":{"rendered":"

We started working on the packing list in earnest in April. After finding inspiration from a few sources (Lonely Planet<\/a>,\u00a0One Bag<\/a>, Wirecutter<\/a>)\u00a0we came up with a spreadsheet. We have one column for each person plus a daypack, shared items, and a few other lists like toiletries and first aid.<\/p>\n

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One of the earliest choices to make was luggage. Suitcases are great in airports and cities, but we were planning to visit some pretty rural areas, places where wheels wouldn\u2019t work. Backpacks seemed to make more sense. After some test fits at REI, we all independently selected Osprey Farpoint packs as our favorites. Kate got the Farpoint 55 with attached daypack and Ruby chose the Farpoint 40, which fits her surprisingly well.<\/p>\n

I initially got the Farpoint 70, but after a packing test (with towels standing in for things I didn\u2019t have yet) concluded it was just too big. You don\u2019t really need much stuff! Three outfits and a toothbrush. In the old days books were a heavy burden, but now we have Kindles. So I ended up with the Farpoint 55 too.<\/p>\n

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Kate, Ruby, and Grant’s packs being tested for the correct volume<\/p><\/div>\n

Of course we\u2019re carrying more than the bare minimum. After many reviews read, packing lists brainstormed, Amazon boxes opened, and REI shopping bags filled, here\u2019s all the stuff we decided we couldn\u2019t live without for 3 months:<\/p>\n

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Ruby’s gear<\/p><\/div>\n

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Grant’s gear<\/p><\/div>\n

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Kate’s gear<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ready to leave! (on our trip)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We started working on the packing list in earnest in April. After finding inspiration from a few sources (Lonely Planet,\u00a0One Bag, Wirecutter)\u00a0we came up with a spreadsheet. We have one column for each person plus a daypack, shared items, and a few other lists like toiletries and first aid. One of the earliest choices to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameisruby.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameisruby.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameisruby.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameisruby.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameisruby.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameisruby.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameisruby.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameisruby.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mynameisruby.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}