I got this for a project and packed it out – turns out it fits stuff better than my favorite polka dot duffel that specifically says fits RyanAir personal free item. Good price, though the strap doesn’t come off.
(Now I’m daydreaming about little budget airline hops all over Europe… sigh.)
PUMA Kids’ Evercat Transformation Duffel https://a.co/23P324T
Tom Bihn makes the best cat beds EVAR 😉
#Aeronaut30 with a #DaylightBackpack as headboard. @Tombihn #fredletsTravels #catbed pic.twitter.com/tIV9HKjFvn
— fredlet ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 (@fredlet) June 22, 2015
I had an earlier version of the travel bug back in the 1990s, so I guess I’ve always had a soft spot for a little day bag that was low profile – and generally made by Eagle Creek 😉
Mostly I need something that I can go hands-free when I’m walking around a travel destination or shopping or just generally going through the airport.
The latest iteration of the travel bug has some great new features. Locking zippers, passport sleeve (the RFID blocking thing has been talked to death and generally proven wrong, but I don’t care, it’s a good pocket with a hook and loop closure to keep my passport from flying around in the pocket.) I’ve got room for my phone battery, a key clip, my regular sized iPad fits in there without taking up all the room, a side pocket AND a zip away water bottle pocket to help keep the profile sleek.
I can fit my day to day survival kit in the bottom of the main compartment as well as a knitting project.
I’ve done lots of running about the countryside lately and I have been just grabbing my little polka dot personal size bag that I got a few weeks ago as my go to bag.
I’m not actually using my standard set of packing cubes for travel, I’ve just got a couple of REI mini cubes with extra socks and a pair of leggings. The other things are things that would normally go in my purse or a daypack as well as my sleep gear.
Left most column of stuff (top to bottom): string wallet, pouch o’ cables and adaptors etc, REI microcube, battery bank, another REI microcube.
Middle column: REI mini dopp kit (this lives in any bag I carry – has lip balm, travel spork, face SPF, pills, (dry stuff basically) etc), cpap
Right column: Sea to Summit cube o’ wires (cpap accessories and wall adaptor with 2 USB ports, phone Wi-Fi backup unit, mini flashlight for cave-like conditions.)
Just tucked in the front: finger puppets…because reasons, mini lotion carrier.
Also tucked in but not shown: Magic travel cpap tubing and my collapsible coffee drip cone.
Front pocket: holds the stuff I’d normally carry in my 3-1-1 kit (I also have a ziplock bag ready to stuff all my liquids in if I do actually go to an airport): toothbrush/toothpaste combo, shower stuff and soaps.
Pushinocorn lives on the handle.
If I’m just running around doing errands I just leave out the sleep stuff, but it’s been great for the last several weeks: for camping as my in tent bag, for when I decide I need sleep over after some of the epic game days at friends’ houses who live over an hour away and generally being mostly packed for any more family emergencies.
For an airport trip I’d add a few snack bars, my basic cube in place of the little cubes, my alien buddy and my iPad mini. Easily added.
Just FYI I’m postponing indefinitely my plans to go to Iceland until whaling has stopped.
http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/iceland-resumes-hunt-for-endangered-fin-whales/
6/22/18
I used to go to Green Bay, Wisconsin in February and March (sometimes as early as January) and, as you might realize, it can get a little nippy there. But after doing this for about 10 years, the panic over “OMG I’m going to freeze to death!” calmed down to “Why is it so freaking hot inside?”
Most of the time I ended up in a long sleeve layering shirt with a snarky T-shirt on top of that and yoga pants. When I did go outside, I had a Patagonia down sweater, and for the occasional sleigh ride (it was a vacation) I just put on snow pants over my yoga pants or leggings; whatever I happen to be wearing that day.
Special guest star: barn kitteh at the Rock K Ranch
I have it on good authority from a Green Bay resident that Iceland is lovely and now I really want to try Wow Air and their basic fare (here are a couple of people who have done this: Pam Yang and Dariadaria) and I want to use my BoardingBlue bag which meets the free carry-on requirement for Wow Air.
I’m pretty sure it will carry all I need since I won’t be camping, I’ll probably just take a day tour to see some waterfalls, do the Blue Lagoon-natch, and noodle around town taking pictures. If I can manage it, I’d like to see the black sand beach – but that is negotiable. I also really, really want to see the northern lights, but I hear that can be tricky. Well, we’ll give it a shot.
(Suggestions for fun? Leave those tips in the comments!)
I have a comfy pair of Sorel winter boots (the Waterfall model from a few years ago – tested in GB) I can wear on the plane, my snow pants, I have a thin smartwool sweater for another layer, my Marmot rain/wind layer packs up super flat and I can carry my down jacket with hat and mittens stored in the pocket. I think this will be fairly easy to accomplish.
Here’s the BoardingBlue with my snow pants snuggled in:
And then my standard packing cube o’ stuff tucked in:
I’ll bring other stuff like flip flops and a swimsuit, my travel towel, packable daypack, etc, but there’s lots of room left in my bag… though not enough for the 40 Icelandic sweaters I want to buy, but that is another issue all together 😉
Excitement. I haz it. 😉
I have this in black and I love it. She has enough in her backpack for several days!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zu7IBcWE10
(I swear this is not a shrine to Tom Bihn 😉 )
Bags (from left to right):
1. Pacsafe Citysafe CS300 GII Anti-Theft Backpack
2. Tom Bihn SideKick and Tom Bihn Daylight Backpack
On end: misc Tom Bihn stuff sacks
Below, right: Tom Bihn Night Flight Travel Duffle sitting on top of sunset orange Lug Puddle Jumper
In an effort to curb my wants for MOAR TRAVEL STUFFS I decided to gather my travel gear together to clear out any unnecessary duplication and be ready for my next trip.
I used a shoe organizer on the side of a portable coat rack to corral travel wallets, travel pill carriers, wet kits (liquid shampoo etc), dry kits (shampoo bars, toothpowder, etc), packable purses or day packs, and journals ready for filling with adventures.
(I don’t have my travel clothes hung up here as I have a good amount of wool based stuff so I keep them in an air locked bin with cedar and lavender to discourage the critters. )
Also, very important to leave space on top of a bin for a cat to crawl in and not wreak total havoc. 🙂
