One of the best parts about owning a motorcycle is sitting back in a comfy chair with a frosty cold one and planning the next epic ride.
Just like that shiny blue Schwinn Sting-Ray of my youth, my shiny blue Harley Davidson motorcycle is patiently waiting outside in the garage, ready for the next great adventure.
I took a month off last summer and three weeks of that was spent with my wife and I touring on the Electra-Glide. It was the first big road trip for her and she loved it. We travelled throughout Washington State, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, California and then back home to BC by way of the coast. My wife still comments about that trip. I think the biggest impression on her was the fact that people were so friendly to us everywhere we went. As everyone here already knows, when you roll up on a motorcycle, complete strangers stop by to talk and it just adds a whole new dimension to the travelling experience.
That being said, of course any big trip now has to include my wife as I wont get out of the driveway otherwise...
For my next big road adventure, I would love to travel South East across the USA from BC toward Nashville, Tennessee which is on my list of places I must visit. (Country music fan of course....) A few weeks would then be spent just touring around the South taking in as many sights as possible. Perhaps some fine Southern BBQ here and there, maybe even a NASCAR race in South Carolina... A month should just about do it.
Of course the plan still needs some work and the route needs a little more research, or maybe not.
Sometimes the best motorcycle trip starts with nothing more than a full tank of fuel, some basic necessities packed in the bags, and the front wheel pointed in the general direction of your destination....
(Glider alert) From there, up to Alaska to ride with Sarah. On the motorcycle also.:s