We leave for Denver about 30 hours from now driving with our bikes on the back. It will be great to see our granddaughters and family over the Memorial Day weekend. I put the bikes on the rack today to test everything out. I think a little more experimenting with the distribution is necessary, then we will be ready with that part. I am a little worried about packing though. We haven't really started yet. We have a pretty good idea of what we are taking, but we haven't put any of it in the panniers yet. We keep thinking of little things we might need. Tomorrow night will be interesting I am sure. We plan to meet friends and family at Opie's for a going away party. Father Kummer is coming to bless our bikes. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers.
We have had several people ask us about what we are taking to protect ourselves. To tell you the truth neither one of us has even thought about that. We have thought of taking something to use in case we can't out run a few dogs. We thought about getting some Mace. At supper tonight we had an image of me riding in front and spraying Mace at a dog - then the wind blowing it back in Mary Kay's face. Honest, if you hear about that happening to a couple of older bike riders sometime over the next month - I didn't do it on purpose.
We will miss family and I am sure need to talk to them several times a week. Hopefully, we will be able to do a few Skype calls, too.
Tomorrow we pick up our custom shirts - hopefully we will have few new pictures posted in the next few days.
June 1 is our big day to start the ride home. All along I have been thinking this was about a 1300 mile ride. Well, a few nights ago I added all the map mileages up and it totaled over 1500 miles. Well June should be a great month for a ride. Keep in touch and do something for others, today!
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