[at-l] OT: Need road trip planning help

[hiker 317]

"Where to buy???" (warning triangles) if you need them quickly, any
truckstop (perhaps rather pricey). If time is not of the essence: many
sources online at wildly varied prices. http://www.northerntool.com
has three for $20 or a single flashing one for $15...not sure how much
shipping is or how they are to do biz with, but they have nice pics of
stuff.
re: Whistles: unless you carry one around your neck or in a habitually
worn fannypack, having a nice, bright orange one velcroed to the
dashboard will make it more likely that you'll take it with you on an
impromptu hike/short jaunt.
re: Passport...Texas may secede
re: Monied, Genial, Poet...i think that there are perhaps several
thousand folks out there who would generally fit these
criteria...finding a sober and trustworthy Poet may be a stickler
re: Kite....kites are hardly trivial, but pursuit is often involved
"[will depend on AAA]"....you are indeed a brave and adventurous soul :)
Best wishes on the book search :)))

On 5/1/09, Linda Patton <lpatton at fsu.edu> wrote:
>> Bicycle [can't ride one]
>> LED Flashlight/Spotlight [carrying several lights]
>> Rather than flares ...reflective blaze orange triangles
>    [good idea.  Where to buy???]
>> Frisbee; small boomerang; slingshot [70-yr-old ladies mostly don't use
>> 'em]
>> Trade/Barter items: [what a hoot...but who knows...]
>> At least one Dog [money too short for more than myself]
>> Small two-way radio system [solo trip]
>> Several Whistles [only got ONE mouth?!]
>> Passport [NO WAY I'm goin' to Mexico!!  and no time for Canada]
>> ...Interior Department Senior Citizen Discount Card  [had one for years]
>> Polarized Sunglasses [got 'em]
>> A happy, positive, and well-read Traveling Companion who loves
>> Elizabethan Poetry  [...and has plenty of money to subsidize trip???]
>> A kite (not the bird), and plenty of string; [no time for trivial pursuits
>>  :-) ]
>> Replace the Alternator on your vehicle with one that generates both DC
>> and AC power (keep the old one and carry it with you)
>> Spare Starter Motor, Spare Auto Battery if vehicle is not equipted
>> with dual batteries.  [ will depend on AAA]
>> Towing insurance with at least two companies. [ditto]
>> Air-in-a-can flat tire inflator.  [always carry it!]
>> And most importantly: *All* of the books by the late Ellen Meloy
>      [checking local used bookstores tomorrow]
>
> A very creative list, my friend.
> ~~ eArThworm
>
> Visit my website at http://booksforhikers.com
> "Better to be lost in the woods than in a maze of cubicles…"
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