No Thru Traffic

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Ryan being deep

Yesterday was the first day of our tour and it went really well. We put on over 350 miles and took it pretty easy as we snaked through the gorge and some back roads to Wallowa Lake State Park. We definitely enjoyed the smaller roads way more than I-84 and will be avoiding [...]

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Last night was our first night camping but I’m already realizing some ups and downs of moto camping in state parks.
Moto campers seem to be much more rare, so the pains of jealousy are very strong indeed when we light up our small stove to warm dried food and the aroma of steaks and corn [...]

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So it took me pretty much all day to get all of my stuff together, packed and mounted onto the bike. Wow, did my inexperience with motorcycle touring really show through today. I have a lot of stuff strapped to the back of my bike. You can see the final packing list, here.
We both ended [...]

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We will be staying connected as often as possible while on the trip in order to keep this blog updated and share photos and stories of our adventure. However, it will be limited to the amount of battery power we have and the strength of our internet signal.
So being the geek that I am, I [...]

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Today was spent running errands, packing tents, installing GPS, checking batteries, rolling sleeping bags and finally starting to plan our route.  The maps are currently unfolded and we hover over them with highlighters ready to decide our fate. However no marks have been made and we still can not seem to decide where to go. [...]

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Over the past three weeks I have been laying out everything that I think I am going to need. It has become quite the pile.  I am in the process now of weeding out what I do not need and what just will not fit.

Things worth noting amongst this massive pile:
*Plexus Plastic Cleaner:  This is [...]

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We are getting down to the wire preparing for the trip and have only 5 days remaing until we leave!
Unfortunately, I’m still waiting on my saddlebags and windscreen to come in the mail – hopefully when they arrive the pieces of the puzzle will all fall into place.
There is still a lot of work to [...]

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This is certainly not the first, and definitely won’t be the last, trip of this kind. Folks have been touring the country on motorcycles for ages. So naturally, you would assume that there would be a lot of useful information on the internet concerning touring, routes, bike setup, gear selection, etc. Unfortunately, most of what [...]

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