Accomplishments

I was able to knock off hiking shoes (I don't think I can legally call them boots) and road maps (I went with a big atlas of the US, I feel good about it) in a two store romp. Nice work Silver Sprung.

I was also able to pick up some paperbacks that I can bring with me into the West:
one has the subtitle "17 Molecules that changed history". Yeah I'm pretty stoked. But I can't look at it for fear I will start reading it and not have it for the trip.
I also snagged a thing of short stories. I was going to grab "Best American Short Stories of 2007" but couldn't remember what year my brother got me as a present a while ago. Turns out it was 2006, so much regret.

And I couldn't pass up the big guy
I went with "The Black Orchids" I can't remember if I've read this before but reading Nero Wolfe again never hurts.