Day 0

So it's finally happening. Three weeks of planning and now I'm counting down by the minutes.

In just a few hours, Anne and I will begin our journey on our bikes. I am quite nervous and anxious. I've gone on long rides before, but never more than a day ride. This will be 9 full days of riding, each day between 350-450 miles. Plan is to go through Utah and see all the National Parks there, ride through Death Valley, ride up along CA-1, go to SF and Sacramento, ride along highway 50 and back to Colorado. There will be areas where there's no service for miles. Any breakdown will most likely mean the end of our trip. It will be quite challenging for myself, and will be even more so now that Anne will be riding her bike as well. Up to this point, she has logged about 300 miles or so. But after going on few practice runs, we both felt that she can do this as long as we ride within our limits.

I've gone through the routes multiple times in my head, and went over the entire gear checklist one last time. Everything has been packed and strapped down to the bikes. It's 3:30 in the morning and I cannot make myself go back to sleep.

All I can hope for now is two working machines for the entire trip.


終於等到這一天了! 最近工作繁忙, 非常期待這一次的假期. 本來我是不打算騎我的摩托車的, 因為我還算新手, Eric覺得我沒辦法在九天內完成3000 miles. 但是在出發前的一個星期, 我們一起出去騎車. 我一路上表現良好, 連高速公路都被我擺平了. 經過幾番商量, 我們決定 – 小鳥單飛的時候到啦! 就這樣, 打包完畢準備明天出發.