Travelling with Lightroom 4

I am taking my laptop with me on a trip. All photos will be imported into Lightroom and some editing will be done while I am away. What can I do to be able to import those shots, (RAW and edited jpg's) into my desktop machine and have all my edits still in place?
Bob

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file from 16 bit to 8 bit so the size was smaller and I could easily email
it. When I open any of my regular 16 bit files, whether I send them to PS
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are not.
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