School is out, it was ~95°F today, and vacation is coming. Or rather, we are going, next Monday.

Our plan is to travel east from Idaho, USA to Ohio to see the family, and then meander back and do a bit or sightseeing. But the thing the makes this trip so different from others is that we won't be flying or staying in motels this time, we will be towing a pop-up camper. And with a family of 11, this will be quite the "vacation".

This camper really isn't as bad as you might think; it's one of the largest pop-up models, and it's fairly new. It also belongs to our good friends, so we have to be very careful with it.

Mom has a big bureaucratic system figured out for our clothing, and she is now the official Queen of Totes, Plastic Bins and Mesh Bags. But I think the clothes packing is all done.

As for my packing, I wasted no time today in stuffing a flash drive, a laptop, the iPod, and an external hard drive with Portable Apps, programs, source code, photos, music and way too much more. I also filled my briefcase with plenty of cables, wireless adapter, wireless mouse, ect.

I plan to keep a daily blog of our mishaps, provided I can find some open wireless. The high-gain adapter I purchased looks promising, so I hope you can hear more from me soon.