Showing posts with label baby backpack. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baby backpack. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

40 Essential Items for a Three Week Road Trip


The 40 Essential Items to 24 Days on the Road with Your Kids
ie:  The Packing List

9 days from right now, I'll be taking off with four kids (ages 19, 10, 7, and 3, and picking up an 18 year old along the way) on a grand adventure of a road trip.  We'll be visiting 15 states in 21 days and camping in our tent AND in our van!  See the pics below for our setup.  So, here's the conundrum: I have to be able to fit everything from the trunk in the front two seats for sleeping when we aren't tenting it.  Here, I'll show you....
This is the layout of the van.  See the trunk space?  See the front seat space?  Well, the whole list of stuff, minus the air mattress, sleeping bags and pillows need to go from the back.......................

to in between the front seat and the dash.  This includes Annika's car seat.  So I'm posting my list to make sure I didn't forget anything, or maybe even skinny it down!  We've done it for two years running.  Next year, we'll be flying to Alaska and Hawaii, so I'll have a whole NEW set of problems....HAHA!  #camperproblems Please comment and FOLLOW!
  1.  Air Mattress
  2. Sleeping Bags x4
  3. Pillows
  4. Cooler with Ice
  5. Fresh Food
  6. Dehydrated Food
  7. WATER
  8. 2 pair long pants each
  9. 3 pair shorts each
  10. 5 pair underwear each
  11. 5 t-shirts each
  12. 1 sweatshirt/jacket each
  13. 1 pair tennis shoes each
  14. 1 pair Sandals each
  15. 5 pair socks each
  16. 1 swim suit each
  17. 1 towel each
  18. 2 pair jammies each
  19. deodorant
  20. shampoo
  21. conditioner
  22. body wash
  23. toothbrushes
  24. toothpaste
  25. face wash
  26. moisturizer
  27. Sunscreen
  28. Bug spray
  29. Benadryl/Motrin/tylenol/valium
  30. money
  31. MOVIES
  32. BOOKS
  33. Emergency Kit
  34. Atlas
  35. Computer/Charger
  36. Cell phones/charger
  37. Tent
  38. Tarp
  39. Stove
  40. Baby Back Pack
Car Camping:
 




Tent Camping:


Saturday, April 4, 2015

Grand Canyon Day

We drove from Lake Havasu City to Flagstaff in a day.  We were exhausted, thought the van was broken, took the day talking to mechanics and Gordon trying to figure out what was wrong, found out nothing was actually wrong, and spent the night in a hotel because we could.  
We woke up early and headed to the Grand Canyon.  There is so much I could say about this place, but I won't  There are infinite adjectives to describe the beauty, awe, depth, majesty and grand-ness of this the Grand Canyon.  I'll caption my photos and tell you to GO THERE.  Some time in your life, visit this place.  None of the pictures have filters.


The map of the Canyon in the visitors center where we got the kids Jr. Ranger packets


South Rim



Annika Says Hi!



Gannon and Siri get their Jr. Ranger Badges



I hiked the Grand Canyon today.  What did YOU do?



Sunset at Desert View



Alia and I.


Panoramic.