7/10/17 Ride C2C - What we fixed with Duct Tape and notes to self for next year

• These are some "notes to self" for next year.

Bring DUCT TAPE!  (We bought some on Day 2)

Things Fixed with Duct Tape:

1. Shnozzle air pump bag for air mattress - without duct tape we could not inflate our mattress.
2. Bottom of Purse - from Vietnam
3. Doug’s Bham sticker (kinda stuck)
4. 2 Books - they were falling apart.

Fancy zebra duct tape

What we don’t need to pack:

1. Sleeping shirt
2. Slotted spoon
3. 2 non-riding shirts (only 1 needed)
4. Nuu-muu dress was too short to be functional at campground - a little longer would be better - or a pair of “boy shorts” bathing suit bottoms that I could wear with it
5. Long tights
6. Only 2 pair socks - 1 wool, 1 not wool
7. Just 2 pair undies
8. Don’t have to have flip-flops and sandals (forget the flip flops)
9. Don’t need cotton wipes or cotton swabs
10. Bring ¼ of a bottle of dish soap in a smaller squeeze bottle
11. Laundry line (use rope instead)
12. Garmin?  Was really useful 1 time, sucked a lot of energy.  Take it, not mounted, as a backup for GPS?  Have a different monitor (like Doug’s) mounted.
13. No booties, no toe covers

What we wanted or loved

1. Better salt & pepper shaker (they leaked)
2. Ground Tarp was good (bring again)
3. Down coats great (and for pillow stuffer)
4. Bring 2 different types of bike shorts (to alter the saddle sores)
5. 2 not-jersey shirts (Doug loved his) - or loose jerseys for air flow
6. Lighter
7. Hot pad
8. Plastic cutlery in handlebar bag
9. iPhone leash - attached to my handlebar so that I could pull out my phone to take pictures without too much worry of dropping it.
10. Solar panel - battery pack was great
11. Vietnam purse: - but may need different one because of duct tape fix.
12. Maybe a sleeping sack in addition to sleeping bags?  The bags were so hot sometimes.