As I continue to do my route planning, and research of exactly where and what I want to see, I continue to discover points of interest that jump out at me.

My route has evolved from what seemed like simple jaunts between major points of interest, usually little towns along the way, to even more little points of interest of natural and man made wonders.

I sat down one night, and first tried to define what I wanted out of this trip, and where I wanted to go. I do not...

The dehydrator came in yesterday, which makes me very happy. I wanted to start making stuff right away with it, so what better foods to start off with than fruit and jerky?

Simple enough, so my roommate and I headed to the grocery store for a roast. We first hit up Fred Meyer.

No cheap roasts. Damn

So we head to Safeway.

Again, no luck. They had a couple bottom rounds, but at nearly 4 bucks a pound, I wasn’t going to even think of making...

In my continuing research for my trip planning I have focused on shelter. Now, I am by no means even slightly educated when it comes to tents. Anything camping really. So my research, criteria, and decisions were based on talking with more knowledgeable friends, taking note of their criteria, then picking out the most important features that appealed to me.

Shelter, along with food and water, is an important aspect of survival, so I figured I better spend some time researching tents....

There are so many thing that one needs to do a successful trip on 2 wheels. The most needed among those things, is well, the 2 wheels that will carry you, then everything else can be debated.

I’ve been spending a large amount of my free time with research. Research of pretty much everything one will need for an extended trip.

Being that this is my first true “Adventure” ride that I will take part in, I need a lot of supplies. And with needing supplies comes the age...