I am moving. Today was supposed to be my final move-in day but the person helping me cancelled on me so now I have to figure out how to get the rest of my contents of my room in Capitol Hill to my new room in Wallingford. That's just on the agenda for today (amongst other things). I am supposed to be all moved out and have the house cleaned before August 1st... I am going to Montana on August 1st so here is what I have to do in the span of 9 days. All of which I work from 10am-7pm-ish besides today and tomorrow which will be dedicated to moving I hope, and getting a tattoo (Friday) and going to a going away party Friday night...
I have to:
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Move
Clean my old place
Unpack my new place
Organize my new place
Apply for a backcountry permit (a detail I overlooked oops!)
Hope I get the permit in time for Montana
WORK
Pack for Montana (details next)
Find or buy a very lightweight tent
Finalize my itinerary of where I am going to camp in Glacier Park and how I'm going to get there...
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then go to:
Montana : Itinerary
August 1st
4:45pm Leave Seattle on a train headed to Montana
August 2nd
9:54am Arrive in East Glacier Park
Find a place to camp (hopefully figured out before hand if I have time)
Find a way to get there
Hike all day, camp all night
August 3rd
9:54am Catch a train to
11:28am arrive at Shelby, Mt
Snatch a 3 hour ride with Lisa to Helena, MT
Lisa's Bridal shower
(dunno what else I will be doing while there, probably catching up)
August 4th
In Helena MT doing who knows what, helping with whatever I can, and hanging out.
August 5th
In Helena MT
Lisa's WEDDING!!!
August 6th
Get a ride with Lisa's mom, who is dropping off Grandma and Aunt at the same train as me in the AM
Hang around Shelby, MT until my train comes at
5:22pm take the train to
6:45pm arrive at East Glacier Park
Find a place to camp for the night
August 7th
Hike around as much as possible until
6:45pm catch a train back to Seattle
August 8th
10:20am arrive back in Seattle.
So for Montana, I have to apply for a backcountry permit. I was not aware of this until last night my dear friend Rod (who is an avid climber and has done more adventuring than many of us could even hope to do) asked me if I needed a backcountry permit. I was like "uhh I don't know?". I researched it today and yes. I do need one. But my mind is too distracted with figuring out how the hell I am supposed to move the rest of my stuff from one place to another today without a car to be able to fill out the form. It will happen tonight. Or I will just sleep in a hostel. This is my first time ever travelling this far alone, first time hiking in a huge national park alone, and first time camping ALONE.
I will admit I am a bit scared to be a young female travelling all this way by myself, most likely far from cell phone range during the more dangerous parts. Not to mention I have no where to store things, so I have to pack for all of this (including my large camera) in a way that I can hike all day long, have something to sleep in, and have clothes and toiletries for the whole operation. Food... well that's optional at this point (j/k). Though I may have to buy as I travel if I can afford it, so I have less to pack and less of the scent of food on my for bears to sniff out.
Well there is a whole lot more than this surrounding my thought process at the moment, there is a lot on my plate and I am rapidly losing my appetite. But I'm sure all will turn out well, it always does, and I'll have some good photos I hope! I'll do my best to journal it out. Well I am off to unpack the new place until I can figure out how to get the rest of the stuff there, wish me luck! <3
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