Let the Packing Begin

We finally started getting stuff together today for the trip.  The packing room (does anyone else have a room dedicated to travel packing?) has things in it.

I will admit I have been procrastinating a bit when it came to packing. There were just too many other things to get done around the house.

• taxes
• starting my seeds (peppers mainly, the rest can wait)
• cleaning up the yard
• two new windows got installed
• oil change, winter tire removal
• route planning (although I have handed this off to Bernie - so far I have been successful, I am working on not trying to control everything)
• and basic day to day things

Now with only a few days before we leave we can finally focus on figuring out what clothes to bring.

Thankfully this trip we are driving so something we are bringing that we don't normally (like our pillows - I personally do not like Princess' pillows and I have tried a few different ones from their pillow menu).

Also we have decided not to do formal this trip.  Since we are working on board we don't have to strictly follow the dress code.  There are 2 formal nights, and we will dress nicely but I don't want to bring formal and Bernie REALLY doesn't want to bring formal.  

Snorkel gear and my water float are packed too!  We are also packing all our needed toiletries which we often don't fly with but buy once we are at our destination.  Also this being only a ten day cruise we don't need as much in the way of toiletries.  When we go for a month or two we just buy locally and lug on board.   Of course these items are often left out of the bags for space and weight.  But not this time!

Since we are driving to Florida, with a stop in Myrtle Beach both way for a few days we decided to we would once again create a bingo type card with things to try and spot on the road while we drive.  If you have been following my blogs for a while you will remember when we drove across Canada in 2018 and we had a long list of items to spot.  Read that trip blog report here.

So what do you want us to add to that list of items?  Items can be obscure, but still possible to spot.  We will update what we see when we see it.