Find a little space for a tiny sewing kit, some BandAids and a tube of ointment. They don’t weigh much, and you never know when they’ll come in handy. 🩹🪡
If it involves eating gophers, it’s an adventure. If it involves asking for directions, it is not an adventure.
If it involves sleeping under a truck with a leaky diesel tank for more than two nights, it’s an adventure. If it involves starched linen napkins, it is not an adventure.
If it involves wondering if you have enough fuel to make it to the next gas station, it’s an adventure. If one is riding in the back seat of a car in which the seats individually recline and have foot rests, it is not an adventure.
If it involves flying in a light plane with a pilot who asks you to read something to him from the emergency procedures section of the operating manual, it’s an adventure. If the inflight service includes caviar on the menu, it is not an adventure.
If going to the bathroom involves a path, it is an adventure. If going to the bathroom involves a bidet, it is not an adventure.
Finally, if one finds oneself forced to choose between sitting in the toilet or kneeling in front of the toilet, it is an adventure. If going to the bathroom does not require sprinting, it is not an adventure.
I never let my phone or computer track my whereabouts, but I would do that in preparation for an adventure. I rarely have over $50.00 cash on my person, but I would make better provisions on an adventure. I have a few friends that I check in with weekly, I'd do more of that on an adventure. I would take a small set of Dominoes and a deck of playing cards to aid in casual interactions in a cafe, waiting for a bus, or while lounging and observing a new location. I'd take a small wooden flute for that same purpose. And tiny trinkets to give away in the spur of the moment when someone is friendly or helpful. Oh yes, I have been known to carry a one-page letter of introduction on fancy letterhead from an elected official in my home location. Believe me, it comes in handy. Also, extra socks!
Find a little space for a tiny sewing kit, some BandAids and a tube of ointment. They don’t weigh much, and you never know when they’ll come in handy. 🩹🪡
Yes! I was dog bit on my last trip and one of my traveling mates had antibiotic cream. Excellent recommendation.
Adventure? Four things only: Passport, camera, American Express card, and tooth brush. Everything else you can get wherever "there" is.
I'm impressed. I also need my laptop, 2 or 3 journals, my favorite pens, half a dozen chargers, and my iPhone ... but that's my camera. ;-)
More gopher, Joyce?
Not unless it tastes like bacon and someone slices it and packages so that I can't tell it ever had a mother. ;-)
That’s my practice. I don’t eat anything that has a face or a mother.
If it involves eating gophers, it’s an adventure. If it involves asking for directions, it is not an adventure.
If it involves sleeping under a truck with a leaky diesel tank for more than two nights, it’s an adventure. If it involves starched linen napkins, it is not an adventure.
If it involves wondering if you have enough fuel to make it to the next gas station, it’s an adventure. If one is riding in the back seat of a car in which the seats individually recline and have foot rests, it is not an adventure.
If it involves flying in a light plane with a pilot who asks you to read something to him from the emergency procedures section of the operating manual, it’s an adventure. If the inflight service includes caviar on the menu, it is not an adventure.
If going to the bathroom involves a path, it is an adventure. If going to the bathroom involves a bidet, it is not an adventure.
Finally, if one finds oneself forced to choose between sitting in the toilet or kneeling in front of the toilet, it is an adventure. If going to the bathroom does not require sprinting, it is not an adventure.
You lost me on the gopher. ;-)
You make my comfort zone look darn appealing.
It’s all sort of relative, isn’t it? Anyway, I only ever had the privilege of adventure so anything I wrote about not adventure is all conjecture.
I want to hear about eating the gopher.
This clip from “Brother, Where Art Thou” will help to bring you up to speed on eating gopher:
https://youtu.be/82_bhD0_Trw?si=eKirGNMueKUPFT73
Oh, thanks for that laugh ... I had completely forgotten that scene. What fun and that's as close as i ever want to get to eating gopher.
Besides, the only time gopher tastes good is when one is on the run from the law.
I never let my phone or computer track my whereabouts, but I would do that in preparation for an adventure. I rarely have over $50.00 cash on my person, but I would make better provisions on an adventure. I have a few friends that I check in with weekly, I'd do more of that on an adventure. I would take a small set of Dominoes and a deck of playing cards to aid in casual interactions in a cafe, waiting for a bus, or while lounging and observing a new location. I'd take a small wooden flute for that same purpose. And tiny trinkets to give away in the spur of the moment when someone is friendly or helpful. Oh yes, I have been known to carry a one-page letter of introduction on fancy letterhead from an elected official in my home location. Believe me, it comes in handy. Also, extra socks!
Great ideas. The letter of introduction idea is a bit intimidating.
I like your what to pack list and so agree with it, life is an adventure if we only let it be
Like you, I leave expectations behind. I take my curiosity and open mind.
Loved this one, Joyce. We'll soon know what You pack!! As your adventure awaits.