Prepping for a weekend trip
Here’s a checklist I go through when getting ready for a weekend getaway.
Electronics:
- Clear CompactFlash and SD memory cards
- Charge batteries for cameras and ring flash (rechargeable NiMH)
- Clean lenses of dust
- Clear GPS and change batteries
- Change batteries for Spot Satellite Messenger
- Charge laptop
- Pack extra batteries
Camping/Hiking:
- Pack sleeping bag, tent, and air mattress
- Pack backpack with a change of clothes
- Pack medical kit & emergency kit
- Pack hiking pole
- Pack firewood, newspaper, and matches
- Pack cooler and beer (very important!)
Naturalist:
- Pack a few field guides in a box
- Pack millimeter stick, forceps, and tweezers
- Pack vials for temporary specimen collecting (catch, photograph, release)
- Pack container for insects (catch, photograph, release)
- Pack journal (to write down notes when observing and photographing insects)
- Pack insect & butterfly net (which I’ve not used yet, but there’s always a first)
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