T - one day and counting

Final preparations are being completed for our 12 day excursion throughout the east. "My bags are packed and I'm ready to go" (hmmm...those would make great lyrics!). The scoot got a physical at the Honda dealership today and was give a clean bill of health and the go-ahead for launch.

Hotel reservations have all been made (was this a mistake?). Fuel stops were identified along the chosen route. This was a good exercise in planning. How I'm going to miss the aux. tank. The weather for the first couple of days looks to be less than inviting with thunderstorms forecast for the route until we get north of D.C. Oh well, that's what I have good gear for. Plenty of tread on the tires and no leg over 500 miles...piece of cake!

While at the dealership, we picked up the rest of James' gear. After our little experience with the truck last month, he too believes in ATGATT. Head to toe in armor. Waterprof to boot. He's ready.

I have to facilitate a class tomorrow. Once that is out of the way, I can pack the bike and do a final check of the weather. Departure is set for 6:00am so that we can avoid some of the oppresive heat that has been lingering around in the east.

Touched base with a few of the MTF regulars. Seems a couple of semi formal RTE's are a possibility. More to come...