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 [...]
Finally packed up!
July 20th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Trip Preparation
Tags:Camping·Motorcycle Touring·Packing·Route·Trip Preparation·Wallowa Lake State Park
2 days until blast off
July 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Trip Preparation
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. [...]
Tags:Motorcycle Touring·Route·Trip Preparation
5 days and counting
July 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Trip Preparation
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 [...]