Gentle readers, I have not forgotten and abandoned you.  I began my trip a  bit later than originally planned, and have been delayed by heavy winds in progressing as fast as anticipated.  I have things to report, and pictures to display, but not the time or energy to do so right now.  Instead, I'm going to bunk down early and hope that tomorrow brings a better day for blogging.

In synopsis, however: Fridat June 6 was my first day on the road, after spending a couple of days at Fallen Leaf Lake getting acclimated to some of my camping gear and fine tuning the packing of the bike, and it was uneventful but slower than anticipated.  I camped last night in Ely Nevada.
This a.m. quite early I hit the road hoping to make it to Gunnison CO.  I made it to Montrose CO, which is close but is no Gunnison.  Tomorrow my target is Dodge City Kansas, but that will be a 500 mile day, so I mayv end up pitching the tent somewhere in between.  I will keep all as up to date as I can ....