Packing List

We are nearly all packed up.  Here is what we are bringing:

Technology

• Michelle’s work laptop
• Ryan’s laptop
• Jack’s laptop
• Jennah, Max, Ryan, Michelle, Sylvia & Annabelle have Nook tablets
• Mifi that works in Alaska, Canada and the lower 48
• Three smartphones
• Three unlocked phones for local sim cards
• One unlocked phone with an international sim card and a Washington DC number
• 500 GB hard drive filled with music!!
• Assorted headphones
• One small DVD player

School Books

• Enki Fairy Tales (scanned and loaded on my Nook)
• Math (Calculus, Geometry, Algebra, 5th grade, third grade) – a combination of a text and Teaching Textbooks
• Rosetta Stone Spanish and a headset
• Geography
• Cultural Anthropology
• Veterinary Science
• Writing Arguments
• Physical Geology
• Middle Ages & Renaissance reading list (most on Jen’s Nook)

Cooking

• 8 bowls, 8 plates, 8 mugs, 8 cups, 8 forks and 8 spoons
• Two mixing bowls
• 2 baking sheets that fit into the camper oven
• A whisk, slotted spoon, spatula and colander
• 2 – 9 x 13 pans
• 8 quart pressure cooker + directions
• three sauce pans + lids
• two stock pots + lids

First Aid

• Comprehensive first aid kit
• Aloe vera burn ointment
• Antibacterial wipes
• Iodine
• Pepto bismal
• Advil & Tylenol
• Kids Advil & Tylenol
• Cough and cold medicine
• We also are bringing items we make ourselves such as echinacea tincture, Balm of Gilead, antiseptic salve (wormwood, yarrow, balsam poplar, chickweed, beeswax and olive oil), and lip balm
• Sunscreen, all kinds of sunscreen
• Mosquito spray

Tools

In Every Tub:

• Shower shoes / sandals
• Comfortable hiking boots
• Wool hat and gloves
• Two fleece jackets
• Two pairs of PJs
• At least 5 bottoms
• At least 5 tops
• Swimsuit
• One nice outfit

Toys

• A kite
• Sand bucket and shovels
• Basket of Playmobil
• Basket of wooden people, animals and small dolls
• Legos
• Games (Uno, Ticket to Ride, cribbage board & deck of cards, Stratego, little kid card games, memory)
• Crayons, paper, colored pencils, journals, gluesticks

Dogs

• Leashes
• Paperwork (international travel card, shot record)
• Meds for the trip

Paperwork

• Passports
• Shot records
• Vehicle and camper registration
• Vehicle and camper proof of insurance
• Dog paperwork

Books

• Milepost
• Lonely Planet USA
• 99 days to Panama
• People’s Guide to Mexico
• Americas Overland
• Frommers Bolivia
• Moon Panama
• Frommers Central America
• Lonely Planet Chile
• Lonely Planet Argentina

Other

• Honda eu2000i generator
• Mosquito netting for all beds
• two spare trailer tires
• Scissors
• Candles
• Flashlights / head lamps
• LED nightlights
• magnifying glass
• craft items (yarn, needles, beads, pipe cleaners, etc)