The day is finally here!   In a few short hours I’ll be winging north over Canada, Greenland and finally into the Netherlands, arriving around 8:00AM there local time.     Last night was a big push to get things finally setup for the trip.

Camera Gear:

I’m taking only one of my Canon 20D bodies, my Canon SI110 compact, and two lenses.  My 100-400 sports lens and a 17-135  IS  ‘snapshot’ lens, and one monopod.  This is pretty light kit for me.

Clothing:

I’m always over-packed.  $200 at the store last night brought some of my wardrobe up to date (i.e. fits my fat-a**  better).  New shorts and some new tropical prints.  Plan to further extend once I get into Spain.

Electronics:

It seems 1/2 of what I have is electronics.   I have my MacBook Pro 17  (using to write this),  my iPhone 3G, and a new iPod Namo (16G) that I’ve stuffed 1/2 my music library onto for the trip.  Also going to try out a new set of noise-cancelling SONY headphones (just picked those up last night).   Taking my expense Sure 3EC entomonic’s as well..   they are small and it’s sometimes a good idea to have a continguency. 🙂

Well.. time to hit the road.   Most postings and hopefuly photos as time allows.
Hasta la vista, baby!!!