We have two bags packed! They are our two hiking packs with all of our camping gear. We intend to introduce Abby to the Outback through camping so it is up high on the list of stuff that is coming with us. I have been very worried about the weight of our bags since they charge you an arm and a leg if you go over 50 pounds. So, to ease my mind I bought one of those scale things that you hang the bag on. After putting my backpack on I was convinced it was at least 40 pounds. We weighed it last night with the new gadget and it was 19 pounds!! That's right, less than half of what I thought. So forget the scale. The new test is if I can pick it up...it's less than 50 pounds. As another reference - Abby weighed in at 18 pounds at her 1 yr doctor's appointment, only one pound less than the bag. What am I going to do when she weighs 30 pounds and still wants to be picked up?! Maybe this packing of 50 pound bags will help me in the long run.
And just a note on how different men and women are (has that bit been overdone by stand-up comics yet?). I was totally concerned about the weight of the bags but Jason, on the other hand, gets the scale in his hand and proceeds to try and figure out how high he can get it to register by pulling it apart. (About 70 pounds for reference. I could only do 30!). This is not the purpose of this gadget and it will surely be broken before we leave!
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