“You don’t have to go. You can stay home. It’s up to you. But if you let fear stop
you from doing what you really want to do, you’ll regret it forever.”
Packing Light, by Allison Vesterfelt
Gear Update!
This weekend I spent several joyful hours with my friend Bre at REI in absolute heaven! I purchased some of the biggest and most important gear I will need for the Race and cannot be more thrilled as leaving in September continues to become more real. I purchased my pack, tent, tent footprint, sleeping pad, and sleeping bag! Bre and I spent time laughing as I walked around the store with a weighted down pack to test the comfort and overall liking, as we attempted to find the perfect sleeping bag, as we pitched a tent just as an employee came over with a family to show them tents (and we were in their way), and as we dreamed of purchasing glorious amounts of unnecessary but much wanted gear!
Last night, out of pure excitement, I pitched my tent in my bedroom and slept in it with my new sleeping bag. [The sleeping pad has to spend the first 24 hours self inflating before you can use the quick hand pump, according to the instructions]. I read my kindle by headlight before falling asleep. And it was pure perfection.
“But this fact remains: what you pack says something about who you are.”
Packing Light, by Allison Vesterfelt
Fundraising Update!
Trip Cost: I have raised $2,871 of $16,267, which is 18% funded!
Personal Money: I have raised $762 of $4,000, which is 19% funded!
Current Fundraisers!
Shirts: If you haven’t ordered and are interested in ordering a shirt, please see Shirts, shirts, shirts! to check out what is happening! I am so excited to partner with Fund the Nations in the design of this beautiful shirt and cannot wait to put an order in!
“Thanks is what multiplies the joy and makes any life large.”
One Thousand Gifts, by Ann Voskamp
