Gears of Tour

As requested, a list of how badly I overpacked things I packed for a two-year trip.

Bag:

• Osprey Farpoint 55 convertable bag. This unzips into two bags - one small backpack (under seat "personal item") and one, well, larger backpack (overhead bin carry-on or "flight's full" gate-checked item). I keep the small bag filled with essentials, important stuff, and one change of clothes and keep it on me at all times.

Clothes:

• One khaki "military" cap
• Three quick-dry (REI co-op sahara heathered) tees
• One quick-dry (REI again) long sleeve
• Two regular tees (one "Phillies" and one "Wacky Rally")
• One short-sleeve casual button up
• One long-sleeve casual button up
• Two white undershirts
• One adjustable cloth belt
• Two pairs of jean shorts
• One pair of cargo shorts
• One pair swimtrunks
• Two pairs basketball shorts (one orange, one black)
• Six pairs of quick-dry underwear (exofficio)
• Five pairs of quick-dry socks (smartwool)
• One pair Keen Montfort shoes
• One pair flip flops

Non-clothing cloth:

• Two quick-dry towels
• One silk pillowcase
• One hankerchief
• One "US Census 2010" totebag
• Extra pair of shoelaces

Flair:

• One pair cheap sunglasses
• One self winding watch
• One Nerd Nite Philly button
• One Ben Franklin in Beaverskin Hat button
• (acquired) One Canadian Flag pin

Tech:

• One Google Pixel 2 XL (with Google Fi service)
• One iclever folding bluetooth keyboard
• One no-frills Amazon Kindle (loaded with ~250 books from Project Gutenberg)
• One crappy AC-USB converter
• One USB-USB-mini (micro?) cord
• One USB-USB-C cord
• Three USB-mini (micro?) to USB-C converters
• One international power adapter
• One international power converter
• One USB stick
• OneMini-SD card
• One USB-C to 3/16 headphone jack converter

Writing:

• Three cheap 8x10" notebooks for everyday stuff (that I suck at using)
• One  5x7" waterproof notebook
• One regular (3x5"?) moleskine notebook
• One mini (1x.5"?) moleskine notebook
• A dozen or so scrap pages for letters
• A dozen or so Philly postcards for host gifts
• (acquired) a dozen or so postcards for sending (or future hosts)
• A half-dozen letter envelopes
• Two 10x12" big envelopes (to send filled notebooks)
• Lots of US Postage (to use in Seattle / Alaska / LA)
• Map of Germany (to explain my 2014 trip)
• Map of Eastern Canada / US (it appeared in my bag)
• Write-up of my 2016 trip
• One-page RPG rulesheet / charactersheet
• Spacepen
• Four misc pens

Hygeine:

• One Foldable travel toothbrush
• Three mini tubes of toothpaste
• Two rolls of floss
• Two tubes of chapstick
• One regular-size underarm deoderant stick
• One small tube of excema cream
• (acquired) two bars of soap (totally didn't forget to pack this...)
• (acquired) one sample bottle of bodywash (which came with...)
• (acquired) 400 pack of q-tips (smallest size they had!)
• Tweezers
• Nail clippers
• One comb
• Three bic disposable razors
• A couple sheets of chewable Pepto tablets
• (acquired) Small bottle of aspirin
• Several packs of earplugs
• One plan-b packet in case I make a friend and there's a slip-up

Misc:

• Game box (chess, checkers, backgammon, special APS cards)
• Half-dozen safety pins
• One travel sewing kit
• A couple alligator? paper clips
• A few yards of 550 cord
• One mini-M&M container (perfect for odds & ends - might have to find anotherd)
• A few rubber bands
• One flimsy carabiner
• One hundred Philadelphia-themed paper presents for hosts (and bribes?)
• One trusty money clip
• A million napkins
• Passport & passport card
• (acquired) packet of emergency ramen

Money:

• About $500 USD, split between my person and the various bags
• Maybe $150 in Euros and Pounds from my last trip to the EU
• Capital One Credit and Debit cards (no international fees!)
• Chase Credit Card (just in case CapOne freezes my account due to fraud or whatever)