I've temporarily set aside the great gear dilemma in order to focus on more important issues, namely what reading material I'll take along with me. (Yes, quality books are more important to me than itinerary planning-after all, a good read can help you survive anything).
Anyone who knows me, even if they just talk with me for five minutes in the dentists' waiting room, knows that I don't go anywhere without a book. Naturally, there's no way I could travel for 6 weeks book-less. I wish I was incredibly well-off and could purchase myself a Kindle. But I'm not and I can't, so I'll have to settle for actual ink-and-paper tomes. I want to learn about the history and culture of some of the places I'm visiting, delve into a classic or two (maybe on audio book for the long drives), read a spiritual/theological book or two, and of course indulge in some funny chick lit. My picks so far (feel free to suggest others):
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown & Hampton Sides
Undaunted Courage: Merriweather Lewis, Thomas Jefferson & The Opening of the American West by Stephen Ambrose
Travels in Alaska by John Muir
Two in the Far North by Margaret Murie
A Schoolteacher in Old Alaska: The Story of Hannah Breece by Hannah Breece
Travels With Charley in Search of America by John Steinbeck
You May All Prophesy by Steve Thompson
Broken-Down House: Living Productively in a World Gone Bad by Paul David Tripp
Who Do I Lean On? by Neta Jackson
Driftwood Lane: A Nantucket Love Story by Denise Hunter
Jane Austen Ruined My Life by Beth Pattillo
This seems like a pretty ambitious list for a six-week vacation, even to me, especially when you consider that I'll probably have only one or two hours a day of reading time. Maybe I'll get started a little early (although I do confess that I have an entirely different list in store for my Caribbean cruise).
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