With updates to the bike and what to wear while riding decided, the next question is what bring to wear while not riding. If this were a run-of-the-mill holiday that wouldn't be such a big deal. Not enough room? Use a bigger suitcase. But it doesn't work that way on the bike.
I expect to bring a second pair of jeans, a pair of shorts, a bathing suit (don't visualize!), a couple of shirts, some t-shirts, socks, underwear, and a pair of hiking shoes. Add to that spare contact lenses & solution, sunscreen, toothpaste, toothbrush, etc, glasses, spare sunglasses and a hat.
What to pack invariably extends beyond clothing & toiletries. I'll have water bottles, maps, blank journals, my camera, my laptop, my iPod, a roadside emergency kit, a first aid kit, bandanas (to be filled with ice and tied around the neck in the hotter regions we'll be riding in, where the 'official' high temperatures are expected to average around 38 C). I'll also have earplugs, hot weather gloves, rain gear, cold weather gear, a battery charger and a jerry can. (Not running out of gas this time, Badger!)
All this has to fit into my two side cases, my top case, my tank bag, quite possibly a backpack. Colin thinks we should add camping chairs, but I'm not sold on it at present. We'll play it by ear, and add them - and anything else we find we're missing - as needed while we're South of 49.
Good plan on the jerry can. I am truly sorry that I cannot join you. Next year...?
ReplyDeleteYeah. And tell Colin to fuck the camping chairs. Pussy.
First aid kit? Damn. That's a FINE idea. Make sure it has scotch...
Yes, you never know when someone's going to wander off and run into a tree... We'll whisky up in the land of cheap hooch.
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