Normally we can ride all winter in Delaware but this past winter has been unusually cold, wet and windy so needless to say we have some work to do before the trip. We plan to travel 300 to 400 miles per day and while that might not sound like much too some folks it is a significant number of miles and hours in the saddle per day for our group especially when you consider we plan to do it for 26 days.
Today Don and I headed north to PA to get some riding in and brush up our skills on back roads, hills (can’t call them mountains in lower PA), curves and city traffic. I was amazed at how tired I felt when we returned home and we had only traveled about 200 miles; 4 hours riding with one stop for lunch! Well – we agreed we are going to have to ride every weekend between now and June 10 to toughen up.
We have been working on a list of things to do before our departure day. Get the bikes completely checked; check the tires - will they make the trip; get a list of service locations on the route; find a Honda shop about 3500 miles out for an oil change - Don might do the oil change himself in a motel parking lot; get oil to carry with us; call the credit cards that I will use and let them know we will be traveling so they are aware of the various types of charges so they don't put a hold on the card; go through the emergency bag in the bike to make sure we have everything and everything works; check the first aid kit; get water and snacks; and I’m sure there will be more as time gets closer. 65 days and counting.
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