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So that’s two twin kits. The third is in the house.

The house kit is farther from completion than I like, but it is far enough along to be utilized. My thinking again was portability- which I tackled by limiting myself to a single bag and, again, short-term survival.

I packed several sets of foundation undergarments, pants, and shirts (I tried to think in terms of a week, 10 days living) into a drybag. I got a couple of them at EMS and probably paid too much for them, but they are good quality. They’re a sort of hardcore vinyl that, with a roll top closure, makes them waterproof and probably submersible.

I cannot overstate the misery that being wet can bring. In a field situation without access to dry clothes or warmth, wet brings hyperthermia most quick. Even if the daytime temp is comfortable, the night might be cool enough to hurt you if you’re wet. Everything in the home kit got packed into drybags.

So I got one for my clothes and the misses got one for her clothes. Another bag- not as burly but still weatherproof- has toiletries (including toothbrushes) and a couple small towels. Another, not completed, will have clothes for the Li’lest Lethal, who is actually hardest to pack for because he grows so fast. Stuff I pack now will not fit him if we need to boogie in 6 months; not sure how to tackle that yet.

Anyway, once you squeeze the air out and collapse everything, all those weatherproof bags I just mentioned fit very nicely in a single GI duffel bag- with room to grow, even. The duffel bag is only a tough nylon, but since everything inside is individually pieced out in good dry bags, I don’t have to sweat leaving it outside or even transporting it on the roof of the truck if I have to; plenty of ratchet straps and bunjees help there. And, also important, it’s not so heavy that the misses can’t move it by herself.

So at least in the short term we can stay somewhat dry, hydrated, fed, and reasonably clean.

That brings me to weaponry.