I’m at the Edmonton airport now. I got everything together and I hope I’m not missing anything. I could have used an extra watch though.

I bought my current watch over a year ago, and in theory, it is water resistant to 100 meters. But last spring condensation formed inside it after I was walking in the rain. It eventually went away so I couldn’t justify sending it back to Timex for repairs, but the problem flares up every so often.

Since I’m planning on testing its water resistance by scuba diving, I would have liked to have a spare. But I couldn’t find my old one, so here we are.

Security was dead, but there were about eight officials waiting around. So my backpack got their full attention. I think a trainee was involved.

I’m glad I didn’t bring my computer. Part of me would have liked to so I could keep a better journal by typing instead of abusing my horrid skill at cursive writing. I could also load camera pictures directly. But this is a vacation. No computers.