How to enjoy packing for a trip

I like the packing and prepping for an outing! The menu planning, the organizing of stuff, the checking to insure the Coleman stove tank is full, the loading of firewood, the fresh linen, the beer in the fridge! Usually the last item to be loaded is the filling of the fresh water tank.

I love the load-in prep! I hate the unloading when I return...'cause it means that the camping is over (at least for the time being.)