Outerwear

Our previous wardrobe post raised some good questions about what we're planning to wear if and when we find ourselves in chilly weather. So, I thought I'd provide just a little more (hopefully) helpful insight into our on-the-road wardrobe.

Rule #1 for us is to avoid freezing temperatures. That reduces our outerwear needs considerably. Of course, we're planning to spend the holidays here in Kansas City. So, we could find ourselves breaking our first rule soon. Figuring that this is the only place we might find ourselves in sub-freezing temps, we packed our heavy winter gear in our suitcases when we flew to Kansas City last May. We each have a heavy sweater, coat and gloves stored in a family member's spare closet. My heavy hiking boots and some wool socks are there, too. If an arctic blast hits while we're here, we're set.

While we're successfully following Rule #1, no heavy stuff is needed. Paul's on board outerwear includes a couple of long sleeve t-shirts, a sweatshirt or two, a fleece jacket and a waterproof lightweight jacket. Now, I don't think of a long sleeve t-shirt as outerwear. But, this is coming from a guy who wears shorts and a t-shirt every day! So, not counting any t-shirts, I have one sweatshirt, a sweatjacket, a nifty neoprene-like vest that gets a lot of wear, and a fleece jacket that's just like Paul's. And, that's just what's in the closet! Under the bed, I have a nifty lightweight rain jacket that stuffs into a little bag, my can't-live-without-it black leather jacket, and (I think) a heavy windbreaker-type jacket.

Good thing I did some serious outerwear purging before we left. Oh my!

As you can see, outerwear is a topic one of us gave a lot of thought while we were preparing for our fulltiming adventures. And, since we're just a few days into Fall, our strategy has yet to be tested. We're eager to see how it all works -- especially that "avoiding below freezing temperatures" part.