Packing....

Traveling light is one of the best and most common recommendations. I've traveled to Europe for up to three weeks with just a small suitcase and a backpack:
This trip is much different with a bike and all the biking stuff that I'm taking:
Ugh...hauling all of this around airports and bus/train stations is going to be a pain. That black case contains the bike which looked like this a few hours ago:

And now looks like this inside its case:

Pretty cool I think.

Are all these within the increasingly restricted baggage limits? Two bags, under 50lbs each is the limit but is the bike case within the size limits. I say it is but in a few hours we'll find out what the airline thinks. Lots of potential blog material there. Let's hope I have nothing to write about.

It's off to the airport in less than an hour and when I post next depends on WiFi connections along the way. It may well be after I arrive at the lodge more than 24 hours from now.

Oh, the weather report for Thursday, the first planned day of biking: 100% chance of rain. Stay tuned....