First I open my bag to repack a bit. I told myself I was going to "travel light" this trip but it didn't turn out that way. So I was taking a few things out and trying to make my bag less bulky when the zipper decided to break when I zipped it up. It pulled apart behind the zipper head. This zipper breaking process has happened to everyone at least once in their lives. I wasn't too alarmed because it happened to me twice last spring in SE Asia but I managed to fix it. This time I wasn't so lucky. If the bag breaking wasn't bad enough now I had to fork out money for a new bag when my budget is already tighter than it needs to be.
Secondly we spent 90 minutes going in a circle trying to get to REI. First we went in a circle that took about 45 minutes before I broke out the GPS on my phone to get directions. To my defense it was the State of Illinois's fault. How was I supposed to know the exits on I-90 were going to stop at 89 A and then suddenly start over at 44 when the exit I needed was 49 A. I think anyone would have turned around in my shoes and went back the other way thinking they were going the wrong way because the numbers kept getting bigger.
Thankfully I don't really think that those are meant to be bad signs about my pending trip. You don't have a lot of control over things that happen on a trip but you have enough. The key is to use common sense and not loose control over a situation that could sway towards the bad side.
My flight leaves tomorrow at 9:40 AM. After a three hour layover in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, I arrive in Lima, Peru around 10 PM. I can't wait!
My poor broken backpack. You've been to 18 countries, 3 continents, Alaska twice, the Yukon once, and many, many other places across this great country. It was the best $250 I ever spent. R.I.P
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