Up Early Today was going to be a longer day I hoped, as I was shooting for Green River, UT. The map said it would be 408 miles to the campground, so I would play it by ear. Eureka, Nevada is pretty high in elevation, about 6,485 feet, but I would climb out of there […]
Getting closer As it gets closer to my departure date, I figured I’d better make sure everything I needed to bring would fit on Lucille. I wasn’t sure how I would strap everything on or how I would make things fit. In addition to strapping things onto the bike, I would need to make sure
A “Thing” So the other day, I did a thing. This is probably not a “thing” for most of you, but I’m a very anxious person, so it was a really big deal to me. I reached out to two total strangers to ask for advice on the trip. I found both of them on
Getting real I have to be real here, as 2020 wound down, I found myself not really looking forward to the trip anymore, given the pandemic, the small struggles I’ve had on the bike, and just being worn out. Depressing thoughts, depressing events around the world, depressing COVID numbers seemed to weigh me down. The
Long enough So I’ve been staring at my maps and computer long enough. It’s time to go on another practice trip. I wanted this trip to be down roads that were typical of the ones I was thinking of choosing for my trip, state highways and lesser traveled roads and somewhere between 300-400 miles. I
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Practice My BFG and my own walking around sense told me that I should do some practice trips to see how it went, what I could improve on, what I might need help doing, and if I even liked camping out of a motorcycle. And, to that end, on the spur of the moment, I
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