What to pack for traveling

Tips for Daily Excursions

  • Do your research:
    • Check the hourly weather
    • Read blogs for tips from those who have done this same daily excursion
    • Make sure the trails you plan to hike are open (if going to a national forest, monument, park, etc., the national park service site is usually very up to date with this info)
    • Bring paper maps if you can. If you don’t have access to those, download trail maps and screen shot any important directions you may need because cool places to explore tend to have very poor cell service!
  • What to pack in your day pack:
    • Plenty of water (overestimate until you have a good idea of what your body needs for specific weather, altitude, distance, elevation gain, etc.). We both recently invested in Camelbaks and they are so worth it! I have a 2L and Adam has a 3L. Camelbak is expensive, but we’ve been pleased with our purchases. There are several less expensive brands that have the same idea, but we can’t vouch specifically for any others.
    • Plenty of food (our go-tos are trail mix, Clif Bars, granola bars, chunky PB honey banana wraps)
    • Trail Map
    • Utility knife
    • Sunscreen and Chapstick with sunscreen
    • Sunglasses
    • Hat (either for sun or warmth depending on the time of year) or bandana
    • Tissues (because not being able to breath while hiking sucks OR this is great emergency toilet paper)
    • Raincoat or other warm clothes if necessary (especially if going up in elevation dress in layers)
    • Phone on airplane mode (this way you can take pictures without draining your battery, so you’ll have some juice in an emergency)
    • Cash (especially small bills), credit card, and ID (because when you go on adventures, you never quite know where you’ll end up!)
    • Speakers (not necessary, but fun). We recently purchased the JBL Clip 2 waterproof speaker. It’s small, lightweight, has a clip to easily attach to your pack, and has good sound! We usually use one of our phones to play some tunes and save the other for emergencies.
  • Things to pack in your car for after your adventure:
    • Dry socks
    • Dry shoes
    • A full change of dry clothes
    • More food and water
    • Camping supplies in case you want to extend your adventure!

Tips for Daily Excursions

  • Do your research:
    • Check the hourly weather
    • Read blogs for tips from those who have done this same daily excursion
    • Make sure the trails you plan to hike are open (if going to a national forest, monument, park, etc., the national park service site is usually very up to date with this info)
    • Bring paper maps if you can. If you don’t have access to those, download trail maps and screen shot any important directions you may need because cool places to explore tend to have very poor cell service!
  • What to pack in your day pack:
    • Plenty of water (overestimate until you have a good idea of what your body needs for specific weather, altitude, distance, elevation gain, etc.). We both recently invested in Camelbaks and they are so worth it! I have a 2L and Adam has a 3L. Camelbak is expensive, but we’ve been pleased with our purchases. There are several less expensive brands that have the same idea, but we can’t vouch specifically for any others.
    • Plenty of food (our go-tos are trail mix, Clif Bars, granola bars, chunky PB honey banana wraps)
    • Trail Map
    • Utility knife
    • Sunscreen and Chapstick with sunscreen
    • Sunglasses
    • Hat (either for sun or warmth depending on the time of year) or bandana
    • Tissues (because not being able to breath while hiking sucks OR this is great emergency toilet paper)
    • Raincoat or other warm clothes if necessary (especially if going up in elevation dress in layers)
    • Phone on airplane mode (this way you can take pictures without draining your battery, so you’ll have some juice in an emergency)
    • Cash (especially small bills), credit card, and ID (because when you go on adventures, you never quite know where you’ll end up!)
    • Speakers (not necessary, but fun). We recently purchased the JBL Clip 2 waterproof speaker. It’s small, lightweight, has a clip to easily attach to your pack, and has good sound! We usually use one of our phones to play some tunes and save the other for emergencies.
  • Things to pack in your car for after your adventure:
    • Dry socks
    • Dry shoes
    • A full change of dry clothes
    • More food and water
    • Camping supplies in case you want to extend your adventure!

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