Approximated total miles: 982 miles
Estimated total travel time: 18 hours
[ Saturday - August
16, 2008 ]
Do we camp or do we hotel/motel it? The question keeps on being
asked. At this point I think we've settled on moteling it to keep
the bikes light. However, I'm still going to put the panniers on
so I can haul trinkets and gifts home for the family.
This trip has been in the planning stages ever since early June.
It's not as big of a deal as riding around the world and having your
bike shipped across the continents, but it promises to be fun
nonetheless. I envy the people that are able to travel the world,
but I have to stick to my responsibilities and means. Two months
is a sufficient amount of time for folks to join and also drop
out. At this point it's only the three amigos (e.g. The Captain,
Nu, and myself). I was hoping for a couple more folks to join,
but three is as good a number as any. With both the Captain and I
changing out our rubber for this trip, getting the bikes serviced,
and/or performing preventative maintenance, we're all ready to
go. Now it's just a matter of packing all the necessary amenities
to ensure we're covered for those hot days and cold nights in Mammoth.
[ Wednesday -
August 20, 2008 ]
Oh no Mr. Bill!!! The Captain went and got himself sick at the
last minute. He reported to me last Thursday/Friday that he
wasn't feeling well. I was hoping it was food poisoning or
something simple like that, but my hopes are dashed. He got over
the sickness during the course of the weekend but it appears he's not
able to recover in time for this weekend. This is most
unfortunate as I know he's been looking forward to this trip. I'm
going to try to hold out to the very last minutes in the hopes that he
would spring back to excellent health and tell me to move out of his
way as he tries to race me for my pink slip, even though I have no idea
I'm racing him.
[ Thursday -
August 21, 2008 ]
Alas, it's the last minute. Unfortunately, that last minute call
from the Captain is not going to happen. He still hasn't
recovered fully from his recent sickness. So it has to be the two
amigos pushing along.
Because we're moteling it, packing sure is simple. I'm
practically done and it's only 9:30PM. That's most unusual.
Most of the time I'm up until the late hours of the night putting that
last minute item into the panniers. Nonetheless, I'm tired from
the day's work, but started packing the minute I got home. I'm
tired, but I'm really looking forward to tomorrow's beginning.
