Life or death

Ang and I began preparations for this trip back in August. We created a spreadsheet with an embarrassing amount of tabs, entitled "This spreadsheet has tabs."

We have a list of supplies, color coded by their importance.
Red: Will die without
Yellow: Will be fucked without
Green: Really ought to have
Blue: Will be unhappy without
Purple: Would like to have it
Black: But I waaaaant it

So. According to our supplies list, the items that we would die without, in red, are as follows:

water bottle
big knife
sleeping bags
headlamps
sunscreen
no-doz
U.S. atlas
SHAM-WOW!!
fire extinguisher
coloring books
BIG PACK OF COLORED PENCILS!!
and dice.

The dice are the most important item on this list, by far. Ang and I are the most indecisive people ever to grace this planet, so we decided we need a set of dice to roll and make the decisions for us.

The SHAM-WOW is on the list because when we made the spreadsheet, we were under the assumption we were taking Ang's Jeep Wrangler. Her windshield wipers sort of...kind of...yeah, don't really work. So, whoever was in the passenger seat would be tasked with reaching over and wiping down the windshield so the driver could still see. This is how a SHAM-WOW is the difference between life and death.

(My windshield wipers are fine, thank you very much. I just don't have one for the inside... ~Ang)

Also, we were going to bring crayons, but thought better of it since we'll be in the desert in the summer and they'll probably end up a gooey mess and I imagine the rental company won't appreciate fingerpainting as much as we would. Colored pencils are the inferior, but more practical option.