It offends the “handle it one” freak inside of me, but in this case it was the right decision…pack at home just to make sure everything fits, then repack in the hotel to the configuration that means lost luggage won’t make a super-large impact on our trip.
That means we’ve separated clothing for each of us so we have half of any given category in each checked bag. For example, half our T-shirts, half our jackets, half our shorts, etc.
Like Jenga, we juggled everything else around to make weights correct, etc.
And so, at 445am we are ready to take flight to Seattle! (Plane departs at 7)
and then