Ever since my first big backpacking trip I've been #practicepacking before exciting trips. Your flight is booked and mentally you are prepping for life on the road. That was me in 2003...excitedly rolling clothes tightly, organizing with zip lock bags and loading my pack multiple times until I had a solid idea how much I could fit for a month long trip to Europe. I can't even count how many times I've been to Costa Rica so the novelty of excitedly planning what could fit in