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REI Anniversary Sale

REI is having a sale this week, so Dad and I went by there to look for some stuff for the trip. Well, I ended up buying some things. I don't want to have to carry a lot of luggage, so I am thinking I am going to try and keep it to a backpack and a duffel bag. I found a backpack at REI that I liked a lot, it's called the Grand Tour backpack. It's pretty pricy, but because of the sale it was like $50 off, so I decided to buy it. Plus, if you don't like it you can take it back anytime. It has a lot of nice features, such as a detachable day backpack that I can use for school, which will be nice not to have to get a different one. This is the backpack page. It's nice. We were also told to bring a sleeping bag. At hostels and some hotels, you have to pay for sheets, and sometimes you don't really even want them. They said it is a really good idea to bring your own sleepbag to have a layer between you and the mattress. So I ended up getting this one. It really freaked me out to spend that much with out a lot of research (I have been to a couple of other places.) But I figure these seem like really nice products, and I need them. So that was my big accomplishment for the day. I guess all I have left to buy would be a video camera, and then the rest are all little things (like batteries, electrical converter, first aid kit, sunscreen, peptobismal... etc.) I'm really nervous now. We leave in like 30 days, that's scary.

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