You know how before you head out on a big trip you spend a lot of time packing and considering what is worth while enough to carry? I spent a lot of timing thinking about how to pack for a bicycle touring trip up the coast of Maine and have compiled two lists- what I brought and what I should have brought.
What I brought (as complete as I can recall)
Two rear panniers and front camera bag for my Canon Digital Rebel Xti
sleeping bag and pad
undies
2 bike skorts and 1 bike short
2 bike shirts and 2 bike tanks
1 tank for sleeping and relaxing
1 regular pair of shorts
1 3/4 length pants
vest
fleece jacket
waterproof jacket and pants
cup, bowl, spork, knife
lighter
toiletries
oatmeal and morning mix (brown sugar, almonds, and craisins in zip bag)
bagels and PB
coffee
small pack towel
sandals
winter hat
socks
plastic bags and ziplock bags
sunblock
wipes
x tra batteries
wallet
headlamp
camelbak
wetwipes and wipes with witchhazel
What I should have brought:
my own tent (two side doors and two vestibules are seriously better than one door at the head of the tent, plus I snore)
my little Jetboil stove (I got up early everyday and either waited to make my coffee and oatmeal or wasted lots of gas heating my own water in a huge pot)
swimsuit
more campsuds
more quarters
dried fruits
Not too shabby of a packing job I will say! Maybe too much of this and that, but overall I found it pretty easy to pack up each morning and wasn't seriously lacking anything.
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