t-20 days

Got some good advice from Mike about securing my gear to the bike and protecting it from the rain.

I haven't really written much about my preparations for this trip, but thought I'd fill everyone in on some of the sites I checked out when looking for my camping gear.  I started with a "google" search for motorcycle camping and found several sites that had lots of suggestions on what to pack and some even sold gear as well. I ordered 4 books from Whitehorse Press (motor cycle books and gear site) on camping and traveling distances on the bike and found even more good information on packing and preparation for the trip. Even the Harley Davidson site has Trip planning information. Some of the sites have tips and tricks on what should be taken and what should be left behind up to and including information on pulling a trailer with the bike. That was a bit much for me but I guess if you had two on a bike and were going for a long trip it might be a good choice. Below are just a sampling of the sites I investigated and these are the ones I found most useful. I've started looking into other Bloggs at this point for practical advice from other riders who have some experience with cross country riding and camping. Sites like the one on yesterday's post turned up some good information that seem better than what I have found fumbling around through books and other sites.

Well, that's all for today but will keep pecking away at this to share my trip with family and friends.

http://www.bigagnes.com/Products/SleepingBags

http://www.fullthrottlecamping.com/GooseDownSleepingBags/LostRanger

http://www.themotorbookstore.com/cross-country-motorcycle-riding.html

http://www.hoghaven.net/index.html

http://www.bikercamps.com/

http://koa.com/index.htm

http://www.alpurl.50megs.com/MC_Friendly_Camping.htm

http://www.bamarider.com/Long%20Distance%20Tips/long_distance_tips.htm

http://www.motorcyclecampingtips.com/

http://www.campmor.com/gear/tents.shtml

http://www.rei.com/

http://www.harley-davidson.com/wcm/Content/Pages/Ride_Planner/Ride_Planner.jsp?locale=en_US&bmLocale=en_US&hbx_camp_id=hdredirect&urlvar=rideplanner&camp_id=16&source_cd=Vanity_rideplanner