This year’s trip isn’t fundamentally different from last year’s, so my packing list won’t be much different. Mostly just a refresh on tech gear, and adding a passport to get into Canada and back.

I am dropping a few items, however. I’m not going to bother bringing a lock. The Buddy has a handlebar lock that will discourage casual theft by making it difficult to push anywhere. You’d need to carry it to a pickup or something, and the odds of someone trying that in the short periods of time I’ll be leaving the scooter unattended are pretty slim. I didn’t use it at all last time. I’m also leaving out the tire-repair gear, because it really wouldn’t do me any good if I needed it. Unlike a bicycle, which has tires I could reasonably patch if I had a punctured tube, I simply don’t have the means to remove and then replace the scooter’s tires after repairs, so I’d need professional help regardless.

On my person – utter essentials:
T-shirt
Long pants
Socks
Underwear
Hiking boots
Helmet
Riding jacket
Gloves
iPhone 4 (camera, GPS, etc)
Keys
Wallet (cash, debit/ATM card, papers)

Bag (over shoulder/on seat behind me) health and safety:
Camera
Battery charger
iPhone charger
Frogg Toggs (rain gear)
Rain cover for rear rack
Hat
Water
Swiss army knife
First aid kit
Bug dope
Sun screen
Soap
Meds
Toothbrush, paste
Flashlight
Paper road maps
Passport

Pet carrier (under the seat) clothing:
T-shirts (3)
Shirt
Shorts
Underwear (3)
Socks (3 pair)
Hankies (3)
Camp shoes
Detergent for one load of laundry
Plastic bags
Tie downs (for scooter on ferries)

Rear rack – camp gear:
Tent
Sleeping bag
Sleeping pad
Pillow
Jeans
Towel

Glove bucket – etc:
Extra bungees
20-oz bottle of spare gas

I am scooterless for a few days. I dropped my scooter off yesterday at the motorcycle/scooter dealer near where I work, to have them look at the brakes and give it a general servicing. (I took the bus home.) They said it would be ready by the end of the day today, but they had to order parts for the brakes, so it wasn’t. And with the weekend and Independence Day upon us, that means I won’t see it until Tuesday at the soonest.

Fortunately the weather is supposed to be nice the next few days, so I should be able to get everywhere I need to go, on my bicycle. I drove the car to work today, because I needed to deliver some large boxes to FedEx for shipping, and I drove it to the laundromat this evening because… I had laundry to transport. But for the weekend, I’ll be going by ped or by pedal.