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Believe it or not, Gus can sometimes be quite the optimist. When discussing packing for the longest trip we've ever taken together, he says funny things like, "let's travel light," and "we're not going to need more than one check-in bag and one carry-on bag."
We're going to New York, which is one of those places where they have something called "weather." It's going to be near-70 in the day time and in the 50s at night, and it might rain. That's a possible 20-degree change in weather in the same 24-hour period. What does one pack when entering the Twilight Zone? Meanwhile, I remain "umbilically connected to the temperate zone."
Another thing that New York has is "stuff." Specifically stuff that I don't have and may want. Or stuff that my friends and family don't have and may want. We must leave luggage room for stuff.
Currently I am half-packed and seriously monopolizing suitcase space. I'm going to try again tonight by following this advice: "On packing: Lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then, take half the clothes and twice the money."
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