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Sunday morning 5/29/05.
(Remember I leave dawn Thurs). Yesterday was house work and pig roast at a friends. Needless to say the whole day was happily toasted in the wake. Friday It didn’t rain for the first time in 5 days and at the pig roast we saw our first Sun in a long time. Today’s I was up early because the mind was clicking away as soon as photons started invading the cozy of the bedroom. I’ve been working the packing list each night in bed, and suddenly the to-do list has gotten long again, but it is mostly quick or “go get” type of things. I started writing this only the other day, but then, starting any earlier would have been wasted effort. As in all things, it is only once you have passed through an experience that I can really put it down correctly.
Gearing up is an evolutionary process. The process is never done and it evolves constantly. The day I bought the bike, I started the farkle and gear process with a touring tank bag and a touring windshield. I then picked up a tire repair kit, the kind with the huge air canister that will easily fill a tire. I think my next conquest in the mania was a Jarrow articulated helmet. Then came a sheepskin cover for the seat. I picked up a medium sized First Aid kit at LLBean, a slightly large kit, but it has more in the way of burn/abrasion supplies.
When I started thinking “road trip!” back in December, I didn’t have most of the additional gear I now have accumulated. Besides, what did I know about what I would need, I’m about as green on touring as they come. Mind you I am 45, so I have learned a thing or two, but that also includes the knowledge that by and large I know nothing about a great many subjects. I also means I am a bit better a learning. Wiser perhaps.
[ This message was edited by: JasonS on 2005-07-02 12:57 ]
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