I would love if we were minimalists. The Missus brings food, pounds and pounds of food, and clothes, clothes for every climate and ocaision.
Me I am worried, I worry about breaking down. I bring tools and parts and more tools. I am worried about getting lost, I bring electronic maps I bring 2 gps, cell phone mapping, laptop with both major mapping programs on it, paper maps bound atlases.
We collect brochures by the ton, most of these are weeded out at home, but if travel brochures ever become legal tender, I'll be sittin pretty!