Thursday, September 15, 2011

Montreal/NYC 11 Days, 1 Tom Bihn Western Flyer, 14.5 lbs: AAR


AAR = After-Action Review

14.5 pounds and it still felt heavy.

I could have done without the camera - I barely used it, and never used the charger. My iPhone did just fine for pictures.
I didn't wear that pair of dress pants after all.
To my surprise, the hostel did provide towels so I didn't use the Packtowl at all either. (It does pay to contact your lodgings to check!)
The Teko (hiking) socks ended up being a bad fit for dress shoes - I got a small blister on my r. little toe.
In retrospect I really shouldn't have brought the luggage lock for the hostel locker since it was a private room.

 Everything else either worked well or I was glad to have along for insurance anyway.

Oh, I probably could have used the Arc'teryx Gore-Tex I was thinking of bringing when it was pouring rain and we were out on the water. Didn't expect that one.

All in all, though, a good trip!