I was motivated today to begin the process of getting ready when I got an email from Greg announcing that between now and our planned departure on Thursday (that's one, two three --count 'em -- days from now) he was planning on pulling the engine on his Indian and installing new heads and head bolts. So I went ahead and packed. I had to do something. Tomorrow the oil gets changed and riding equipment gets checked over. Sometime between now and Thursday I've also got to install a new headset in my helmet. It is Greg's, and he wants to experiment with bike-to-bike communication on the trip. Hope he likes my singing. With showers few and far between, and no-one on board to talk to, singing as I ride along has become part of the routine. I don't think he is yet aware of this.
Also between now and Thursday, if my original schedule is to be maintained, I am supposed to build and install new kitchen cabinets. Right now half the kitchen is still down to exposed studs, and the other half has been re-sheathed in plywood and awaits new cabinets. The electrician is supposed to show up tomorrow to finish re-electrifying us, and I have to re-plumb in the temporary sink so Elizabeth has running water (indoors) during my trip.
Somehow, I don't think the cabinets are going to get done before Deadwood. Oh, for the life of the open road! Just me, the elements, good manly companions, and just this wee little bit of guilt gnawing at me that my wife will be living in the middle of domestic chaos during my two weeks of fantasy camp. But she's a good sport, and I am confident that all will turn out well.....
I trust you are feeling the same? More tomorrow.
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