Today I was able to shop for some of the lingering items I knew my daughter and I would need to pack for the 3 Day. Thanks to many previous bloggers I was able to feel confident about what to purchase for my fanny pack. Susan Komen has a great checklist but real life examples and experiences are an added plus.
We were able to go to an outdoor store in Burlington, Wa and purchase almost everything we still needed.
We are borrowing sleeping mats and we have plastic for the tops and bottoms of the tents.
I still needed a light weight sleeping bag as the one we have today is heavy and bulky. I decided on a microlight sleeping bag that is good to 45 degrees and is very compact.
My daughter and I both needed fanny packs and water bottles. We also had to purchase ponchos, emergency blankets (according to the list, but not sure why yet), a small "camping" type mirror, some plastic travel bottles for sunscreen and both of us needed big ol' duffle bags which we found for only $18 each. HUGE ones! On the getting ready conference call - they said - we don't care how big the bag is and we prefer everything IN it instead of attached to it - so we went BIG.
We had to go to WalMart for the rest of our list - like moleskin, Neosporin, cloths pins, baby powder, water bottles, cheap wrist watches since we won't have our cell phones for time keeping, anti-friction stuff - they didn't have Bodyglide so we opted for Monistat Soothing Care Chafing Relief Powder (which I read about on another blog). It was also like half the price I saw online for Bodyglide.
All together it was about $255 and this isn't a complete list. The most expensive items were MY fanny pack (about $40), the two duffle bags ($18 each), and the special high tech sleeping bag (about $40).
I also ordered the team "fight like a honey badger" T-shirts from Zazzle. Get your own!!
I'll give a full report on what goes well after the walk! Thank you fellow bloggers. I hope I can be a resource for newbies as well some day!
We are borrowing sleeping mats and we have plastic for the tops and bottoms of the tents.
I still needed a light weight sleeping bag as the one we have today is heavy and bulky. I decided on a microlight sleeping bag that is good to 45 degrees and is very compact.
My daughter and I both needed fanny packs and water bottles. We also had to purchase ponchos, emergency blankets (according to the list, but not sure why yet), a small "camping" type mirror, some plastic travel bottles for sunscreen and both of us needed big ol' duffle bags which we found for only $18 each. HUGE ones! On the getting ready conference call - they said - we don't care how big the bag is and we prefer everything IN it instead of attached to it - so we went BIG.
We had to go to WalMart for the rest of our list - like moleskin, Neosporin, cloths pins, baby powder, water bottles, cheap wrist watches since we won't have our cell phones for time keeping, anti-friction stuff - they didn't have Bodyglide so we opted for Monistat Soothing Care Chafing Relief Powder (which I read about on another blog). It was also like half the price I saw online for Bodyglide.
All together it was about $255 and this isn't a complete list. The most expensive items were MY fanny pack (about $40), the two duffle bags ($18 each), and the special high tech sleeping bag (about $40).
I also ordered the team "fight like a honey badger" T-shirts from Zazzle. Get your own!!
I'll give a full report on what goes well after the walk! Thank you fellow bloggers. I hope I can be a resource for newbies as well some day!
A not on the borrowed sleeping mats from last year - never again!! I was barely comfortable so this year I'll go with a twin or full (if I know who I'm sharing the tent with) blow up mattress for certain.
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