This sounds like my normal mode of travel, go someplace and then figure out where to stay/what to do. I think I will be following your advise. planing food and everything before hand is getting a little stupid, seems like it should not be this much work, and indeed, it does not have to be. I will be picking up the guide books soon.

thanks for the help.
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