the value of a list

When our vacation plans fell through, we decided we would do a road trip around Oregon -- down the coast, up through the arid east, camping along the way. I even got a stack of books out of the library.
Then I reviewed the list and saw "Go the Queen Charlotte Islands." Could we do that instead? We decided to try to make it work, and we have. We don't have everything in place yet, such as how long we're staying and how we're getting off the islands. But what we are most excited about is going on a four-day exploration of the southern part of the islands (the more remote, culturally and environmentally interesting). We will go by fast small boat, then kayak and hike around the various places. We expect cool, probably rainy weather, but we can dress for that. We need to work out where else we will stay, how we can do some other hiking in the area. I think it will be great fun!