Day 1’s casualty was Kay’s glasses. Day 2’s casualty was my boots. I’d gotten the <a href="http://www.revzilla.com/product/revit-rival-h2o-boot">Rev’It Rival H20 boots</a> just a couple of months ago from RevZilla. I called up Neil at RevZilla who spent nearly 40 minutes on the phone with me measuring the calf-size of boots and we decided the Rev’It boots would be my best bet. We didn’t know it until today but it turns out women’s calf muscles extend lower than mens, which makes them wider at…

Motorcycle trips always seem to take longer than you expect to prep, and a 4-month trip over 20,000 miles warrants the extra time. We’d done as much as possible to get ready to go before the big day came, but there was still a lot we had to do the morning of to get the house and dogs ready for the house/dog-sitter, and get us ready for the road. We had some last-minute packing to do, and a few last-minute scores of things we thought we’d forgotten and had to unpack and then re-pack to check.…

One day, possibly two. The house wasn’t ready for the house-sitters, and there was no way to get it all done and sleep before leaving today. The forecast says Monday may have snow south of us whilst Tuesday may have snow here in Boston. Today would have been the better day to leave…