Journal

Summer 2015

Drew and I had an awesome riding season. We started with a long trip down south in May. We combined a trip to an AFCEA Conference in Falls View , Virginia. From there we road to Fontana Village in North Carolina. Using Fontana Village as our base camp we spent the next few days exploring the area. Our main reason for the trip, other than the trip itself, was to ride the Tail of the Dragon and the surrounding area.

Summer 2016

We had so much fun that we teamed up with Mario later in the summer for a road trip to Boston to see a Red Sox game. Again we all had a blast and during that trip we began to plan an adventure for 2016. From that seed we eventually decided to try and complete a west to east marathon on Route 66. We are still in the planning stage and still trying to determine what exactly we want to do. Initial thoughts are that we need a minimum of two weeks but would prefer 4 weeks in order to actual take a slow pace and enjoy the tour with some side trips along the way.

For now we have ordered some maps and guides and are slowly exploring the logistics and costs in order to get our bikes to California, then ourselves. We try to meet weekly for a breakfast planning session but so far the urgency has not hit so they are more chat sessions than planning session. Winter and the excitement I am sure will change that and some good planning and costing can be done.

For the tour Drew will be riding his Suzuki Boulevard C90T and I will be riding my new bike the BMW R1200RT. The intentionb is to ride fro LA to Ottawa with lots of fun along the way.

Day One