becoming a person who travels

I am off on an adventure.

This is the sort of thing I can imagine a person doing if they were in some sort of crisis, rearranging everything to leave the life they know behind for months at a time.

But I'm not. No crisis. I am seizing a moment.

Prep

Have you ever packed for a 10 week trip? If so, I can use your suggestions because, boy is it overwhelming. Trying to plan ahead and be prepared without being over-prepared and also being able to fit everything into a bag that’s less than 50 pounds and that I can carry myself, it’s no small task.

30 day countdown

In 30 days, I sail off into the sunset to an island in the South Pacific. It will become my temporary home, for two and a half months.

Last time I was on an island (Andros, The Bahamas), I took this photo, sunrise on the day before we left to come back to mainland.