Getting Ready

Preparing for the first extended trip in our little Airstream is an adventure in itself.  The little "Silver Spirit" has to serve over the next 6 weeks as: home, office, sewing studio, rec-room, library, and more. Since we've taken so many trips in it before for shorter periods, we pretty much have the standard things down: food and kitchen necessities, hook-up equipment to provide electricity and water, securing of things in the trailer during travel so they don't roll around on the road, etc.  The challenge this time is to plan clothing, bedding, etc. for such a long time in extremely varying weather, without overpacking. The Airstream (AS) has great storage space for its size, but comparing it to all the stuff we have readily accessible in the house, it's rather limited. I'm sure that Janis faced similar planning issues in moving to Latvia for several months: how do you pack all you need in 3 suitcases?  Our "suitcase" space is more generous, but still, our tendency has always been to overpack; this time - yet again - we're trying to not do that.  I guess only time will tell how successful we are in that attempt.