Indian Visas and Craigslist finds

That's right... we're now officially able to enter, and re-enter India for the next 10 years. The visa (good through 2018) was a bit more expensive than the 6 month tourist visa we both had the first time we went but we'll undoubtedly make use of these visas over the coming years. We'll still have to leave after 180 days but we'll be able to re-enter the country after "stepping out" for a day or two. We're looking to do our stepping out somewhere in the North, perhaps on a trek out of Darjeeling.

More packing and selling is making our living room look like the basement regurgitated years worth of pack-ratted items up the stairway and onto the dining room table. We've started to pack up the essentials boxes. A. has two full Roughneck Rubbermaid bins already, Z. only has 1/2 of one, but Z. has also got a bike shop chock full of stuff and a wood shop full of woodish things that have been collecting dust for some time now - both of these areas are slated to be cleaned out no later than June 1st - OUCH...

We've been organizing using MS OneNote, making lists, lists of lists that need to be made, trip outlines, notes about travel restrictions, keeping track of Craigslist ads and Items sold or donated, things we need, etc. etc. OneNote is keeping this all organized into pages and subpages with fabulous Tags that are sortable and indexed, while all the text we enter is highly searchable, making a satisfying little package of trip planning glory right here on the laptop... If only it were made by Google! :end unintentional plug for software giants:

We also picked up a great and much needed piece of equipment from an awesome Craigslister (who actually delivered said item to us on a Friday night!!) The MSR Dragonfly