Forward

In January we began making plans by booking a round trip Alaskan Cruise from Seattle. Our plan is to take two weeks to ride from Ormond to Seattle. One challenge will be to find a route that creates a balance between favorite places we have been, and new destinations along the way. Somewhere along the way, we hope to meet up with our friends Joe and Lynne, and travel together the rest of the way home.  We will spend countless hours mapping routes, looking at lodging options, trying to squeeze all we can from the six weeks on the road. And we will use this blog to keep track of where we travel mainly for our own reference and enjoyment, as times and places quickly become blurred along the way.


Fast forward to July 4th... we have spent the last few days making final preparations for the trip, which mainly means checking the packing list, and finding a use for every inch of space on the bike for clothes, leather, rain gear, tools, maps, phones, laptop etc... leaving enough room for a loaf of bread and a jar of peanut butter. We have had farewell dinners with family and friends and today rode to Savannah to see Jace and Micah ( and their parents ) before taking off for 6 weeks. Everyone has good advice on how to stay safe and we make mental notes of each one as that is the primary goal... returning safely. Today was uneventful with the exception of some rain early on as we traveled north on I95 with race fans and car haulers leaving Daytona after the race on Saturday night. Micah is walking, does not care for the motorcycle. Jace is excited about recieving post cards from the road, wants a picture of a "cowboy from Texas".


We have already changed our route to avoid rain along the gulf, so instead of New Orleans we will now take the next two days to ride to Memphis instead. After that we are pretty well locked into our plan until we get to Seattle around July 22.