It's only supposed to be a day trip. So I will be home tomorrow evening, enshallah. But it does take an awful lot of packing for a day trip here - snacks (and there's a real dearth of good roadtrip snacks in this country - I'll end up taking peanuts, bread, peanut butter and hard boiled eggs - oh, what I wouldn't do for a bag of Doritos!!), water (ain't no 7-11s on the way to get a cold slurpee!), sunscreen, hat, bug spray, Swiss Army knife, flashlight, matches, satellite phone, water purification tablets, passport, travel permit, sunglasses, eyeglasses and contact lense solution, toilet paper, book... I'm sure I'm forgetting a few things!
Basically, I'm taking a few little essentials that could come in handy if we end up having to sleep overnight on the side of the road. You just never know here. Plus, I've learned from my Dad (and my MedAir friends who take their quick run bags with them everywhere) that you can never be too prepared! In the trucks we've already got first aid kits, ropes, tow ropes, toolbox, spare tire, air compressor...
I'm sure my friends who are coming tomorrow with bring their sweat hankies (the little towels we all carry around to mop the sweat off our brows) and their telephones. I'll show up with a back-pack stuffed to the brim!
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