Well, I am typing this journal entry from a hotel room in downtown Seoul, Korea. About thirty-six hours ago, I was at home desperately trying to finish packing On Tuesday, July 10 I spent about five hours staging gear, inventorying gear, arranging and organizing gear and finally stuffing gear into the bags. It was an agonizing process occasionally interrupted by feelings of being overwhelmed by the shear enormity of the task and by my sudden irrational thoughts of "But what if THIS bag doesn't make it to Russia!?
I wanted to avoid such problems by at least splitting my things between all of my bags. Here is my gear arranged everywhere in the dining room - notice that my dogs, Boo and Mokie, think that they will be included with the gear and not be left behind By the time I went to bed on Tuesday night about 11 pm , my bags were packed and looked more like this:.
We get on a bus to the Seoul Royal Hotel, which is an hour long bus ride from the airport. Before we leave a polite Asiana clerk puts identifying stickers on our sleeves with the hotel name. This is the street where the Seoul Royal Hotel is located. It was a noisy and busy night in Seoul!
I have now officially been up for 24 hours! Tomorrow we get up at 6 am to shower yeah! Then it's on to Russia! Journal Entry. Unpacked Gear for Russia Here is my gear arranged everywhere in the dining room - notice that my dogs, Boo and Mokie, think that they will be included with the gear and not be left behind By the time I went to bed on Tuesday night about 11 pm , my bags were packed and looked more like this: Packed Gear I woke up early and have had a pretty long day.
Here is what has happened: 4 AM PDT - woke up, couldn't go back to sleep, so got up, fed dogs and got ready for the day. Cross your fingers that both of my bags make it this time
