BIG ALS COMPOUND: DISNEY WORLD

Friday, June 12, 2009

Ok... I’m still in the thinking stage

Ok... I’m still in the thinking stage about my trip to Sturgis. Anyway you slice it, it’s a longgggg ride. But that said, it’s a ride I really want to make. Bear

with me it may take me another week to decide for sure. I did start a countdown clock just incase: it is officially 50 days, 15 hours, 25 minutes, and 1 second till the trip would begin (if I go)

A few things have happen since my last post;

ONE: our family vacation to Disney world

is not going to happen…we decided to go white water rafting again in North Carolina (we did this last year, it was of the best vacation ever).

I tell you this because it means I will use up a lot less vacation time at work…now your getting it…more time for the ride to Sturgis…I could add at least two more days to the ride…that would help drop the day to day road mileage a lot.

TWO: it has been raining

here a lot in the last month so my bike riding has suffered. I still ride it almost every day, but I’m only getting in around 20 miles a day. Very little riding on the weekends. It’s amazing how quick you get out of shape

(bike riding shape) if your are not able to get in some miles on a regular basics.

Ok let’s say I go to Sturgis…my plans are to tent camp along the way,

maybe get a hotel room two or three nights that I am gone. Unless it pours rain on me, then I will cheat and get a room every night. Ha-ha. I hate rain and camping

I love the adventure but hate being wet and muddy all day and night; even I have my breaking point. I want to keep an expense journal of my day to day expenses. I want to be able to show my readers exactly what it will cost to ride 3500 miles. I want to do a daily post to my blog showing my mileage, food cost, camping rate (hotel), and the things I see along the way plus people I meet while on the road.

My wish list for the trip…

FIRST: I wish the little wife would come with me…well that’s not going to happen…bike riding is NOT for her.

SECOND: I’d love to get a set of pipes cobra slash cut pipes

THIRD: a new rain suit (I have frogg toggs now)

FOURTH: A Dell mini computer (I’ve wanted one of these for a long time, something I could carry camping and motorcycle riding…so I could update my blog while on the road)