big ol' jet airliner....

so i am leaving on my trip to scotland/ireland soon. just trying to get my itinerary planned~as much as a loose outline anyway. make sure i have all the bare minimum accommodations, humor my mother about my safety (sorry, mum, but it's true), and plan my list to pack. i'm backpacking it so it's all about light traveling. but it'll be reasonably cool and wet there so i gotta have a certain amount of essentials and layers.
plus pack an extra bag to be chock full of souvenirs on the way back :)
anyway, beyond that i don't have much other stuff lined up between now and then (naturally, since i'll be in a "remote location" i can't really audition much till i get back).
the last week was great~lots of memorial day weekend debauchery and fun. even went to the renaissance festival. anyway...drinking, poker playing, bbqing, sunbathing and swimming. allll good, fun, start-of-summer activity. got me right into vacation mode, lemme tell ya.
i may try to post here at a few points during my trip--an easy way to keep in touch with the folks and to keep those of you who are interested apprised of my great adventures in the lands of kilts, whisky, heather and heavy.
(men in kilts....can you say "yum"?)