To take a break from boring stories from the road I want to let everyone know what I packed in the van as we were leaving.
-Tooth brush
-Tooth paste
-Floss
-Deodorant (As a courtesy for the others in the van. DO NOT FORGET!)
-Dry shampoo! (It’s like a shower in a can. Kinda.)
-Face wash
-Makeup (to cover up the road face)
-About 10 pairs of socks (you never know…)
-Two shirts (even when you can’t shower, it’s nice to have at least one change of clean clothes)
-One extra pair of pants
-Lots of undies
-Phone and charger (car and wall)
-4 packs of cigarettes
-A book
-Headphones (These came in extremely handy when we were sleeping on the floor of The Upstairs Tavern)
-iPod
-A pillow and blanket or sleeping bag (I slept on the floor every night, sometimes we’d get lucky and have to share a couch or two)
-A case of Redbull (Hangovers are nasty things, and there isn’t much good sleep on the road)
-A case of water bottles (for the same reason as the Redbulls)
-Tylenol (see Redbull)
-Beer money
-Bass Drum (and pedal)
-Snare drum (and stand)
-Two sets of brushes (what I played with instead of drum sticks)
I wish that I had thought to bring some Fabreze. In place of a shower, we often just stopped at rest stops and gas stations to rinse off. The Fabreze would have kept our clothes and the van smelling a little bit better than it did.
