If packing is a contest...I win

Shawn took his hiking shoes to a shoe-maker today to have them repaired...again! Luckily we just happened to pass by a little shop where a man was actually making a pair of shoes so having them repaired was an option. But clearly his choice for the perfect "walking-around-the-world-shoes" was not the best since they barely made it through half of our original itinerary and have now been repaired twice. In addition to his mangled shoes, some of Shawn's clothes look like they have been beaten on rocks and dragged along the road. Also today we bought Baylie her third pair of walking shoes. The first didn't make it past Greece and the second have been shot for a while but she has mostly been wearing flip-flops for the last few weeks. And in the clothing department Baylie is on the other end of the spectrum... she still has perfect outfits she has not even worn stuffed in the depths of her bag.

I, on the other hand, chose the world's greatest shoes that I swear will be going with me around the world again. I have also used every ingenious thing I thought to pack - from safety pins to a sink-stopper, zip ties to a Tide stick, and Benadryl to Anbesol. And even though I have been known to wear the same pair of shorts for two-weeks straight, I do have room to spare in my bag! Like I said, I win

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