All loaded up and ready to roll
Everything is loaded on the bike, except the computer I'm typing on and the camera that took the picture. Even the tires I'll be carrying to Toronto are on there, just to let me test how I've anchored them. Tomorrow morning I'll ride to work all loaded up, and after lunch I'll leave to meet The Dad on the Atlantic coast of New Hampshire. He'll be riding from New Brunswick, so he's got a full day's ride tomorrow. That makes it The Official First Day of the Trip, even though we'll be coming to Bellows Falls for the first night. One last night in my own bed, then my 6 weeks of traveling really begins.
Many people have been asking for weeks if I'm "excited". I normally answer "yes" because I'm definitely looking forward to the trip, but "excited" really isn't the right word. I've been too busy trying to wrap up things at work and finish prep for the trip to really get excited. People also often wonder if I'm nervous. I am, but not much, perhaps for the same reasons I'm not especially excited. It certainly doesn't feel like I'm about to leave on a Big Adventure. Perhaps that's just because I'm going to work in the morning, and sleeping in my own bed tomorrow night. Still, I can't see myself feeling much different about Saturday either. I figure I'll have to be on the road several days before it starts to feel real.
For those of you who've been asking if I'm going to sleep OK the night before: I'm wiped. I'm gonna sleep like the dead.
