<P>All right, you must forgive me for this! But I have been working all year on my own personal, ultimate-comfort-and-convenience Camino packing list. Here it is! Consider it to be my report card. Weights include the plastic bags or containers for each item. Final total is 6324 grams = 210.8 oz. = 13.175 pounds. The pack alone is about 2 pounds.</P>
<P>1st aid items and pills 510 grams (will decrease) </P>
<P>Camera charger, batteries, electronic stuff 340</P>
<P>camp and shower shoes 282</P>
<P>Neck pillow 52 (may be dropped off list)</P>
<P>Personal hygiene and clothespins 556 (will decrease)</P>
<P>A DRESS! (parachute fabric) and lady socks 164</P>
<P>Jacket 344</P>
<P>Extra pants, shirt, socks for one day 566</P>
<P>Wool hat,silk gloves, goretex socks, extra socks 250</P>
<P>Umbrella and poncho 616 </P>
<P>Sleep bag (microfleece) 602</P>
<P>"Kitchen" 52</P>
<P>Camera, dictionary, sunscreen, hand cleaner, kleenex,bandana (Fanny pack stuff) 736</P>
<P>All books and maps and shell 598</P>
<P>Chair which converts to sleeping pad 656</P>
<P>The dress is because I got so tired of being scruffy last year. And I will have six free days in towns. So I will enjoy looking like a lady for a bit. It is dark blue, very appropriate for a Grannie in Spain. My jacket is also dark blue. What a fashionable Grannie I will be! <IMG src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/08.gif"></P>
<P>The chair/mat is for the trail when I stop for lunch, as well as for a sleeping mat. It is such a comfey chair that I usually fall asleep in it! And it will be nice at the Albuergues. Sometimes I just wanted my little spot to sit and read, think, write.</P>
<P>So the dress and the chair are my "secret" indulgences. </P>
<P>Actually, the pillow probably will not make the final cut.</P>
<P>It sounds good. But it does not include daily food (no problem) and water (which is the killer).</P>
<P>So, friend walkers, is it a passing report card?</P>
<P>Deanna</P>
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