Final Prep / by Beth Whittington

Wow, it has been a whirlwind of activity these past few days!  There isn't much time to sit and compose anything so I'll let pictures tell the story.

The first (although certainly not the last) thing to "go wrong".  I ordered gaiters for both of us online and thought the ones I ordered for Nick were brown.  Imagine our surprise when we opened the box and saw gold sparkly gaiters instead…

The first (although certainly not the last) thing to "go wrong".  I ordered gaiters for both of us online and thought the ones I ordered for Nick were brown.  Imagine our surprise when we opened the box and saw gold sparkly gaiters instead.  (I'm still laughing about it!)  

Mailing our very first resupply boxes to Mount Laguna

Mailing our very first resupply boxes to Mount Laguna

Mostly what's inside the resupply boxes (4 days worth of food this time).  Let's hope it's enough! 

Mostly what's inside the resupply boxes (4 days worth of food this time).  Let's hope it's enough! 

Our nephew Ben helping me pack vitamins into ziplocks.  Everyone was put to work!

Our nephew Ben helping me pack vitamins into ziplocks.  Everyone was put to work!

We took some time to repackage food, vitamins, etc to make things as easy as possible for Mary to pack our resupply boxes.  We left her with a rough idea of how much we want, but of course that is going to change a lot.  Flexibility is the…

We took some time to repackage food, vitamins, etc to make things as easy as possible for Mary to pack our resupply boxes.  We left her with a rough idea of how much we want, but of course that is going to change a lot.  Flexibility is the key. :) 

Extra stuff - things we might want, things we'll want periodically... 

Extra stuff - things we might want, things we'll want periodically... 

The first resupply box packed by Mary.  :)  

The first resupply box packed by Mary.  :)