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I’m packing for a trip. Only the second paddle this month, but I have somehow managed to so far pack for five different trips.
I was packed and ready to head to the Adirondacks and maybe points north. Lake tripping gear for an open canoe. Changed my mind at the last already-packed minute and headed east to day paddle some of the Delmarva’s best coastal stuff. So I wanted truck camping gear and a decked boat instead. Unpack and repack.
I prepped for a coastal NC barrier island trip. Decked boat tripping gear packed. That is also a working trip, so also packing the tools and materials I will need, and packing truck camping gear for the duration of the work event. Three packs in one.
Then that trip evolved to include some coastal plain rivers in eastern NC and SC – the Black, South, Waccamaw, Lumber… An open canoe would be better everywhere except Hammocks Beach, and that is usually doable in an open boat. Changed my mind at the last already-packed minute and decided to take the Penobscot. Same gear but completely different system of packs and dry bags. Unpack and repack.
Hammocks Beach is an increasingly rare group trip, so large tarp and extra spares. The blackwater river trips will be solo or with one companion, so solo gear. If I added some hunting and fishing gear and stayed ‘til winter I’d have every possibility packed.
I think need to put everything in the truck, lock the doors and stop looking at maps and guidebooks.
I was packed and ready to head to the Adirondacks and maybe points north. Lake tripping gear for an open canoe. Changed my mind at the last already-packed minute and headed east to day paddle some of the Delmarva’s best coastal stuff. So I wanted truck camping gear and a decked boat instead. Unpack and repack.
I prepped for a coastal NC barrier island trip. Decked boat tripping gear packed. That is also a working trip, so also packing the tools and materials I will need, and packing truck camping gear for the duration of the work event. Three packs in one.
Then that trip evolved to include some coastal plain rivers in eastern NC and SC – the Black, South, Waccamaw, Lumber… An open canoe would be better everywhere except Hammocks Beach, and that is usually doable in an open boat. Changed my mind at the last already-packed minute and decided to take the Penobscot. Same gear but completely different system of packs and dry bags. Unpack and repack.
Hammocks Beach is an increasingly rare group trip, so large tarp and extra spares. The blackwater river trips will be solo or with one companion, so solo gear. If I added some hunting and fishing gear and stayed ‘til winter I’d have every possibility packed.
I think need to put everything in the truck, lock the doors and stop looking at maps and guidebooks.