I have to wonder: Just why in the hell are women incapable of packing? Is packing not the prime cause of divorce in our society?

I always thought it bad when going away for the weekend took a car load of luggage, but over the past two days I've learned just how bad it truly is when it comes to Mrs. Bailey and her packing for trips.

It seemed to me that the very small bathroom in the Airstream was getting just a little bit smaller all the time, so I decided to clean out the cabinets.

Remember here, this is a travel trailer. Just one tiny bathroom, a Land Yacht made for two.

It's no wonder though why the bathroom was feeling ever more crowded. In going through the cabinets I have found:

6 Bars of Soap, plus 3 jugs of soft soap, plus 3 more body washes.

3 Large cans of shaving cream.

5 Tubes of toothpaste.

3 Jars of mouthwash.

4 tubes of suntan lotion.

3 large cans of hairspray.

&

9. Count them 9 bottles of shampoo.

These are unfortunately just the highlights of a much larger problem.

To add insult to injury, I don't think that Mrs. Bailey even uses any of this stuff. Every time we go somewhere in the Airstream she brings a medium sized suitcase filled with the lotions and potions, so just what in the hell is all this crap for?

Alas, I do know what the problem is.

Each time we use the Airstream she goes to the store to stock it up. Of course, we don't use it very many days at a stretch, so the stuff doesn't get used, but next trip it gets bought again.

I have explained to Mrs. Bailey that there are weight limits to how much cargo the Airstream can carry. She understands she says. I've also explained that an extra thousand pounds of stuff inside makes our poor truck work a great deal harder. She understands she says.

Methinks though that she doesn't understand.

As Captain of this Land Yacht I've decided that there must be a new Law of the Highway. NEVER ADD: ONLY TAKE AWAY.

I wonder if we can bring back good old-fashioned floggings for miscreants who violate the Captains orders?