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This my friends, is What I am Talking About. 

I just got to say - google - brings travel planning to a whole other level. I just love it. You see, I just want to drive. I want to drive in the hot desert and  stop whenever we feel like it. I want to take high contrast black and white photos. I want the road to look like this. Our original destinations was to head south to San Diego along the coast and then over to  Tuscon and Phoenix. but once i took a look at the roads - which turned out to be interstates and suburban multi-lane hellscapes, the route quickly changed. Death Valley, Mojave, and the Grand Canyon are calling now. Some of the roads aren't even paved. 

That Is What I am Talking About. 

Anyhay, I have much to do before said trip next Saturday, including catching up on my chores, watching Spartacus with the Wren and  traveling-light-like-Clint Eastwood-packing: 

• 2 pairs of jeans, 
  
• 2 white undershirts, 
  
• 2 black t-shirts, 
• 1 long sleeve cotton snap up
• a light cotton skirt, 
• something warm for the cold nights,
• knickers,
  
• Pentax K-1000 and 2 rolls of Ilford HP4 150
• music, preferably with banjos, 
  
• a sleeping bag
• and 1 hammock*
  

* Ok...so maybe the lack of trees in the desert will impede my hammocking potential...damn.