Now you may assume when hearing we are embarking on such an ambitious trip that we have done such a thing before. However, your assumption would be entirely incorrect. My husband, Tomme, and I have never taken a motorcycle touring trip together before. In fact we will be doing over twice the amount of mileage on this trip than there are total on my motorcycle currently. Therefore one of the many things you can follow on this blog during this trip is the status of my marriage. We will not be staying in hotels on this trip, we will be camping, we are covering this mileage in the span of 2 weeks, and eating camping style with our stove. So if Tomme and I are still together at the end of these two weeks I will consider our marriage virtually indestructible (OK, that was a little strong, maybe just slightly more durable).
In preparation for this trip I have been to motorcycle stores and REI numerous times. I have been dehydrating foods and water proofing our old tent (which we discovered unhappily had lost many of its waterproof characteristics during out last trip), and I'm finding that this kind of "vacation" is a lot more work than most would desire. In addition to these preparations we also took two "shakedown" rides over the past two weekends to get a feel for longer rides on the bike as well as get an idea of what kind of gear we will need. The first trip was to a place called Cripple Creek, CO. Which is an old mining town turned casino town. The next was a longer trip to Aspen, CO. I will be doing a few postings with pictures of these first two practice runs, along with my first bit of mediocre adventurer advice that I obtained from these rides. So welcome to the blog, and feel free to contact me with questions or comments. I'm looking forward to sharing my mediocre world with all of you!
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