Backpack? Check!

Scoooooooore! Last weekend my dad and I made the long and confusing trek to Mountain Equipment Co-op (Richmond Rd. goes on forever!) and with only 15 minutes before closing time, managed to buy not one, but two travel packs (matching ones for each of us :P). I had been looking at one in particular online for a while, so as soon as we saw it in the store we fiddled around with it and then Dad bought it for me as an early birthday present, woot! (and one for himself so he has a good pack for when he visits me next year). It's called the MEC Fast-Track Roller and can be viewed here: http://www.mec.ca/Products/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524442506349&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302883912&bmUID=1275264473958
It's got straps like a backpack, but it also has wheels and a handle like a suitcase! On top of that, it has a detachable daypack (which I've been using for the past week) and a whole bunch of nifty little straps/pockets/zippers, etc. It might not be big enough for a month-long trek around Europe, but it'll certainly do the trick for when I'm taking the train to visit Julie in Lancaster or perhaps the English Chunnel to visit Leonie in the Netherlands.

Overall, checking off the new backpack on my "Things to get for England" list has been a great feeling, only now it's gotten me even more excited to buy everything on the MEC website, lol (I could use a travel pillow, right?). Hopefully it will stay in good condition until I leave (I already frayed one of the straps by accident), and I'll have the opportunity to test it out a few times this summer (first, on my trip to Quebec City!).

Weeeeeeeeeeee! Hooray for buying stuff! Hooray for being prepared! :D