This is a weekly roundup of all things packing.
Gear
Pack Config advocated for including a shemagh (a scarf) in your pack.
Her Packing List posted on notebooks and journals.
Experiences
Packing Light Travel took us back to the 1970s – hitchhiking and 9 cent beers.
Packing Less posted a May update: a couple backpack videos coming and Dean is starting a music site.
Packing Lists
Tortuga published a few more city-by-city packing lists: San Diego, Marin Headlands and Point Reyes in California, Chicago, Austin.
Tortuga also published seven rules for packing light: pack light, pack for a week, pack layers, wear bulk, pack your lightest shoes, good fabrics, simple color palette.
Skills
Green Global Travel posted about growing your own mushrooms at home.