Getting ready to roll...

Well the old wheat harvest blog is getting revived but not because I'm joining the harvest again.  So what am I about to embark on that is worth the bother to poke out on a keyboard for you all?  Here is the run down.

Tyler Breneman, Duane Charles, and myself are preparing to take a 20 day motorcycle trip across this great country to the the Rocky Mountains to ride the Continental Divide Trail.  The CDT is a network of public roads that follows the CD as close as possible.  It was first developed by the Adventure Cycling Association for bicyclists.  The majority of the route is on dirt and gravel roads and is the longest off pavement bike route in the world.  The route we are taking on our motorcycles is adjusted slightly since we need gas every 200 or so miles.  

We plan to leave this Wednesday, August 3rd from Lancaster, Pa and head for Antelope Wells, New Mexico.  Our goal is to make it to Albuquerque, NM by late afternoon Saturday the 6th so we can change our oil at a Suzuki dealer in town before they close.  The Sunday we'll head for the Mexico boarder and begin the CDT that will take us to the Canadian boader.  We then plan to come home via Canada.  

Here is a screen shot of our projected route.  The green line is the gps tracks I got from the good folks on ADVrider.com.  The red line is the actual continental divide.

That is all for now but hopefully I'll be able to keep updates coming on a regular basis.