For the past few months, my friend and colleague Colin and I have been planning to ride our motorcycles from Vancouver, on the west coast of British Columbia, through a winding route through the Western United States. We've consulted paper maps, google maps, Colin's recently purchased GPS, and guidebooks. We've upgraded the gear on our bikes, the gear we'll wear, and put in some long days on the bikes in preparation for this.
Colin rides a '08 Suzuki DL650 V-Strom, while I'll be hitting the road on my '01 BMW R1150R. Colin's far more high-tech than I am, with GPS, heated pants, gloves and vest, compared to my paper maps, and cordless leather riding gear.
This is going to be Colin's first long trip, and my third, and so far longest, at three weeks. Three weeks doesn't sound like much, when you compare it with real road warriors like Neil Peart, Ted Simon, Ewan MacGregor or Charlie Boorman, to name only the famous. But it's the best a couple of geezers who work in insurance can do for the time being.
I'm keeping this blog as a live journal of our adventures, which hopefully won't be of the sort that suck while we're having them. What we're looking forward to is good roads, good hikes, good food and all around good times.
Over the next few days I'll be updating - backdating? - the preparations we've made. We're leaving in six days, and I hope to have lots to report along our way.
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